Weather Records on 31 July 1969

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1969. Highest significance: Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU.

Key Facts for 31 July 1969

On 31 July 1969, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 421 daily.
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.8 mm (2.2 in) on 31 July 1969.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 31 July 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Irgiz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	156.6 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cerlak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	179.2 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	146.2 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Majgahan Hansraj	India	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hardua Marar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chaurai	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Niwas	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	156.6 mm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irgiz	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summit WSO AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castledene	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 31 July 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1969

Top 20 records on 31 July 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1969	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1969	Irgiz, KZ	all-time rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1969	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1969	Narayanganj, IN	daily rain	156.6 mm (6.2 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Atbasar, KZ	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Sasvad, IN	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Cerlak, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Harrai, IN	daily rain	179.2 mm (7.1 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Narsinghpur, IN	daily rain	146.2 mm (5.8 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Koregaon, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Karad, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Anadyr, RU	daily high min	17.1 C (62.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Northam, AU	daily high max	24.3 C (75.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Andalusia 3 W, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Bolsoy Santar, RU	monthly rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Chikodi, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Majgahan Hansraj, IN	daily rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1969	Hardua Marar, IN	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1969. 1969 had 440 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 1969-07-31: 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 20	318
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1