Weather Records on 31 July 2026

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 2026. Highest significance: Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU.

Key Facts for 31 July 2026

On 31 July 2026, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
589 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 719 daily.
Mount Best (Upper Toora) set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 31 July 2026.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 31 July 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Madison 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Skulte	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowden	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wilson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chanhassen Wsfo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huajuapan de Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapa	French Polynesia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 260, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 118.

Records on 31 July 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	260
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 2026 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 24, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

582 broken records

Margins by which the 582 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 2026

Top 20 records on 31 July 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 2026	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2026	Faulkton, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	129 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 July 2026	De Smet, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2026	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2026	Madison 2SE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2026	Skulte, LV	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	White Lake 1 SE, US	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	123 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Saltillo, MX	daily high min	27.0 C (80.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Wilmot, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Lowden, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Sumoto, JP	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Guadalajara, MX	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Benson, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Dawson, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Canby, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Renningen-Ihinger Hof, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Manzanillo, MX	daily low min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2026	Wheaton, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	48 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2026. 2026 had 754 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 2026-07-31: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	546
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1