Weather Records on 31 October 1945

287 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1945. Highest significance: Kalpienung, AU.

Key Facts for 31 October 1945

On 31 October 1945, 287 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 286 daily.
Kalpienung set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 31 October 1945.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

287 stations

287 station records on 31 October 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldine 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

287 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 31 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1945

Top 20 records on 31 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1945	Kalpienung, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1945	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1945	Havre Wb City, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1945	Ogies (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1945	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Girona (Antic Institut), ES	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Cedaredge, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Mill Bay, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Williamstown, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Agricultural College, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Jim Thorpe, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Loa, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Brandon Cda, CA	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	52 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Inskip Inn, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1945	Silverton, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	7 years	21 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1805 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1945. 1945 had 287 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	196
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1