Weather Records on 31 July 2013

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 2013. Highest significance: Orenburg, RU.

Key Facts for 31 July 2013

On 31 July 2013, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
184 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 459 daily.
Orenburg set a daily record precipitation of 47.4 mm (1.9 in) on 31 July 2013.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 31 July 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fagelsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irbejskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skedemosse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krest-Haldzhay	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toolijooa (Nyora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzedeevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Makedonia	Greece	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 31 July 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 2013 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 6, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 2013

Top 20 records on 31 July 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 2013	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2013	Haleakala Rch 432, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2013	Severo-Enisejsk, RU	all-time rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2013	Grandfalls 3SSE, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2013	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2013	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Fagelsjo_D, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Mullen 3S, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Sterlitamak, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Addison, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Ko Samui, TH	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Nashville 1 E, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Legaspi, PH	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Hillsborough, GB	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Moulton 2, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Morris 1NW, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Montague 4 NW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2013	Komstorp, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	42 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2013. 2013 had 469 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 2013-07-31: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 31 July 2013
Margin	Records
0 to 10	293
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3