Weather Records on 31 October 1981

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1981. Highest significance: Scone (Philip Street), AU.

Key Facts for 31 October 1981

On 31 October 1981, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 473 daily.
Scone (Philip Street) set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 31 October 1981.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 31 October 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Refugio	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Padilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boyd	United States	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Harbour CS	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sappho 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parateca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Domingos Martins (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedra Bela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 31 October 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 31 October 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1981

Top 20 records on 31 October 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1981	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1981	Runge, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1981	Veraval, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1981	Goliad, US	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	165.3 mm (6.5 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Luling, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Yoakum, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Alouette Lake, CA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Coquitlam Lake, CA	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Ioco Refinery, CA	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Surat, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Corpus Christi NAS, US	monthly rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Mineral Wells AP, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Refugio, US	daily rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1981	Corpus Christi, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	7 years	45 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

1805 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1981. 1981 had 497 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	381
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3