Weather Records on 31 July 2002

1,080 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 2002. Highest significance: Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES.

Key Facts for 31 July 2002

On 31 July 2002, 1,080 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
733 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,032 daily.
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.5 mm (4.7 in) on 31 July 2002.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,080 stations

1,080 station records on 31 July 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zeerijp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woltersum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Botanisk Have	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ternaard	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lettele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blaiken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Tule	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rekken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warffum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lochem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kargasok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ovruch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noordgouwe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riga	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkam	China	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harbin	China	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wapenveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,080 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 404, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 212.

Records on 31 July 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	404
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 2002 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 34, daily 1,032.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

805 broken records

Margins by which the 805 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 2002

Top 20 records on 31 July 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 2002	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	monthly rain	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2002	Borkum-Suderstrasse, DE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2002	Mayen, DE	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Saguache, US	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Belmont 2 SSE, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Newport, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Zeerijp, NL	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Mt Locke, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Pakri, EE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Tlaxco, MX	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Kuusiku, EE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Woltersum, NL	all-time rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Koebenhavn: Botanisk Have, DK	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Cerro de Ortega, MX	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Apeldoorn, NL	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Kall-Sistig, DE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Ternaard, NL	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2002	Lettele, NL	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	46 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2002. 2002 had 1,080 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	753

Download the Data

Data for records on 2002-07-31: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	767
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1