Weather Records on 31 July 2014

1,000 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 2014. Highest significance: Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU.

Key Facts for 31 July 2014

On 31 July 2014, 1,000 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 425 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 974 daily.
Mount Wellington (the Springs) set a daily record precipitation of 134.0 mm (5.3 in) on 31 July 2014.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,000 stations

1,000 station records on 31 July 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Muenster	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusamo Kiutakongas	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lucaston (Bakers Creek Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusamo Toranginaho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taivalkoski Inkee	Finland	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Tree (Grays Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Piney	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salla Kelloselka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,000 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 275, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 31 July 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	275
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 974.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

828 broken records

Margins by which the 828 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 2014

Top 20 records on 31 July 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 2014	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2014	Shawnee, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2014	Orogrande, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2014	Seminole, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2014	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2014	Ellendale Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2014	Muenster, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2014	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2014	Belgaum/Sambra, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	112 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Middleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Guthrie 5S, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Lake Echo Power Station, AU	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Kuusamo Kiutakongas, FI	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Bonny Dam 2NE, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Renison Bell, AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Rison, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	112 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2014	Neosho, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	115 years	54 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2014. 2014 had 1,000 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 2014-07-31: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	777
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2