Weather Records on 31 August 1950

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1950. Highest significance: Henderson 8 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 31 August 1950

On 31 August 1950, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 640 daily.
Henderson 8 SSW set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 31 August 1950.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

662 stations

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

Weather records on 31 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	311.4 mm (12.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 284.

Records on 31 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1950

Top 20 records on 31 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1950	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1950	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	monthly rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1950	Blountstown 2 SE, US	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Spring Hill, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Troy, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Uniontown, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Khilchipur, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Almaty, KZ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	New Burnside, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Palestine, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Bellows Falls, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Greensboro, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Livingston, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1950	Huntingburg AP, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	42 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

1796 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1950. 1950 had 662 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 20	454
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1