Weather Records on 31 July 1950

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1950. Highest significance: Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU.

Key Facts for 31 July 1950

On 31 July 1950, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 500 daily.
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell) set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 31 July 1950.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 31 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 31 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1950

Top 20 records on 31 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1950	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Scott City, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Kenton, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Nabinagar, IN	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Palamner, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Badvel, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Red Oak, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Rivertree (Myall), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Healy, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Belleville, CA	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	McPherson, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1950	Portal, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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

1804 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1950. 1950 had 511 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	754

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Data for records on 1950-07-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	394
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1