Weather Records on 31 August 1992

1,274 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1992. Highest significance: Inglewood (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 31 August 1992

On 31 August 1992, 1,274 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 441 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,218 daily.
Inglewood (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 31 August 1992.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,274 stations

1,274 station records on 31 August 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgeacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ratece-Planica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Liebenzell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lohr/Main-Steinbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mashhad	Iran	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ostheim V.D. Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Clapham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Futenma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stramproy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faverges-de-la-Tour	France	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,274 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 232, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 209, Heaviest daily rainfall 600.

Records on 31 August 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	232
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	209
Heaviest daily rainfall	600
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 1,218.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,059 broken records

Margins by which the 1,059 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1992

Top 20 records on 31 August 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1992	Inglewood (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1992	Glenormiston, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1992	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1992	Clunes, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1992	Avoca (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1992	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1992	Wolseley Park (the Pastures), AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1992	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Campi, PT	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Cavern City AP, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Bad Kissingen, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	North Adelaide, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Boulia Airport, AU	daily low max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Mudgeacca, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Greifswald, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1992	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	48 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1992. 1992 had 1,274 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,013
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1