Weather Records on 31 July 1959

424 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1959. Highest significance: Karlshamn, SE.

Key Facts for 31 July 1959

On 31 July 1959, 424 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
229 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 414 daily.
Karlshamn set a daily record precipitation of 43.0 mm (1.7 in) on 31 July 1959.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

424 stations

424 station records on 31 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wheeling Warwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clallam Bay 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fernbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Noggerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

424 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 157.

Records on 31 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 5, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1959

Top 20 records on 31 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1959	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1959	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Ottumwa, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	San Benito, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Sherbrooke, CA	all-time high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Cinclare, US	monthly rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Wheeling Warwood Dam, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Kaunas, LT	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Middle Dam, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Clearwater, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1959	Collie, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1959	Fairfield, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1959	Rushville, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1959	Clallam Bay 1 NNE, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1959	Elmira, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1959	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1959	Riggins, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	29 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

1804 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1959. 1959 had 424 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 1959-07-31: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	275
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1