Weather Records on 31 July 2015

948 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 2015. Highest significance: Doodarding Well, AU.

Key Facts for 31 July 2015

On 31 July 2015, 948 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
496 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 101 monthly and 837 daily.
Doodarding Well set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 31 July 2015.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

948 stations

948 station records on 31 July 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Miling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Koorda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Mindalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Wialki	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Jourerdine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Xantippe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Balgerbine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Redwing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bindi Bindi East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kondut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kalannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wialki South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cadoux	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Indarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boodjerakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Twolganup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bungulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yoongarillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huesca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newbicup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

948 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 261, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 262.

Records on 31 July 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	261
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 2015 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 101, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

774 broken records

Margins by which the 774 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 2015

Top 20 records on 31 July 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 2015	Doodarding Well, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Miling, AU	all-time rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Burracoppin, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Gabbin, AU	monthly rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Ytiniche, AU	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Koorda, AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Moningarin, AU	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Aldervale, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2015	Ballidu, AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	77 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Kokardine, AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	77 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Koobabbie, AU	monthly rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	77 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Mindalla, AU	monthly rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	77 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Wialki, AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	77 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Jourerdine, AU	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Bencubbin, AU	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Glenferrie, AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Buntine, AU	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Woodburn, AU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Xantippe, AU	monthly rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2015	Kendenup, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)

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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2015. 2015 had 948 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2015-07-31: 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 10	635
10 to 20	87
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1