Weather Records on 31 July 1951

364 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1951. Highest significance: Fowlers Bay, AU.

Key Facts for 31 July 1951

On 31 July 1951, 364 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 340 daily.
Fowlers Bay set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 31 July 1951.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

364 stations

364 station records on 31 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ooldea Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay (Puntabie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poochera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanora	India	Record daily precipitation	286.3 mm (11.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lahar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

364 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 207.

Records on 31 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1951

Top 20 records on 31 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1951	Fowlers Bay, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1951	Moonaree, AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1951	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1951	Thurlga, AU	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Ooldea Railway, AU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Nonning, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Courela (Challner), AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Yudnapinna, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Akalkot, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Smoky Bay (Puntabie), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Kondoolka, AU	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Watson, AU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Sarangarh, IN	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Bookaloo, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Smoky Bay, AU	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Penong, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1951	Ceduna Post Office, AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	44 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1951. 1951 had 364 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1951-07-31: 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	269
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1