Weather Records on 31 December 1991

703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1991. Highest significance: Rushworth, AU.

Key Facts for 31 December 1991

On 31 December 1991, 703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 688 daily.
Rushworth set a daily record precipitation of 67.4 mm (2.7 in) on 31 December 1991.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

703 stations

703 station records on 31 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ibeka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Wattle Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Tarrangower)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calm Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Terip Terip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sailor Jack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mole River (Trenayr)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Turquoise Bonanza Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Acheron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Mole Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbeet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urbenville Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

703 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 384, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 31 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	384
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 31 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 688.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1991

Top 20 records on 31 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1991	Rushworth, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1991	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1991	Natte Yallock, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1991	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1991	Utica, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1991	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1991	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Visalia, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Goorambat, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	San Fernando, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Nagambie (Goulburn Weir), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Tongala, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Ibeka (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Fraser Range, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Dundee (Wattle Dale), AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Bonnie Doon Garage, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1991	Ashford (Tarrangower), AU	monthly rain	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	50 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

1797 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1991. 1991 had 703 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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Data for records on 1991-12-31: 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	520
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2