Weather Records on 31 August 1951

910 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1951. Highest significance: Kavali, IN.

Key Facts for 31 August 1951

On 31 August 1951, 910 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
524 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 877 daily.
Kavali set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 31 August 1951.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

910 stations

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

Weather records on 31 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

910 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 31 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 877.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1951

Top 20 records on 31 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1951	Kavali, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Dullstroom (Sar), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Ponneri, IN	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Ennore Obsy, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Lead, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Boulder, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Eastport, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Walkerton, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Athipettu, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1951	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	68 years	36 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 910 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 10	619
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1