Weather Records on 31 August 1947

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1947. Highest significance: Kurwai, IN.

Key Facts for 31 August 1947

On 31 August 1947, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 456 daily.
Kurwai set a monthly record daily precipitation of 235.0 mm (9.3 in) on 31 August 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 31 August 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	350.5 mm (13.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartsel	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mandvi	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	375.9 mm (14.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pithora	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tharsa	India	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tirora	India	Record daily precipitation	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chechat	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Island 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandara	India	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 161.

Records on 31 August 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1947 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 456.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 269.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1947

Top 20 records on 31 August 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1947	Kurwai, IN	monthly rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1947	Mungaoli, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Tamia, IN	daily rain	350.5 mm (13.8 in)	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Trimbak, IN	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Hartsel, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Mandvi, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Chandpur, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Mohpani, IN	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Guna, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Basoda, IN	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Bodalkasa, IN	all-time rain	375.9 mm (14.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Junnar, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	monthly low min	1.4 C (34.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Portal, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1947	Graz, AT	monthly low min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1947	Pecs Pogany, HU	monthly low min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1947	Santa Maria, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1947	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 August 1947	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	34 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

1796 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 473 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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 50	355
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1