Weather Records on 31 October 2013

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 2013. Highest significance: Fairfield, US.

Key Facts for 31 October 2013

On 31 October 2013, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 606 daily.
Fairfield set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 31 October 2013.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

623 stations

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

Weather records on 31 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Town Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Branch 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arxan	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Creek 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Willow Run AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dampier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Round Rock 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herbayum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rathbun Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sailes Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 31 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 31 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 2013

Top 20 records on 31 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 2013	Fairfield, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2013	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2013	Marshall, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2013	Town Bluff Dam, US	all-time rain	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2013	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2013	Mexia, US	daily rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2013	Huntsville, US	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2013	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Centerville, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Palestine 2 NE, US	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Rusk, US	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	San Augustine, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Battle Creek 5NW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Bulverde, US	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Pontiac, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Lebo, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Steffenville, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2013	Jefferson, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	55 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2013. 2013 had 623 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-10-31: 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 25	452
25 to 50	49
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1