Weather Records on 8 July 1931

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1931. Highest significance: Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK.

Key Facts for 8 July 1931

On 8 July 1931, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 240 daily.
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1 set an all-time record daily precipitation of 76.8 mm (3.0 in) on 8 July 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 8 July 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 98.

Records on 8 July 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1931 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 4, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1931

Top 20 records on 8 July 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1931	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	all-time rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	76 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1931	Nordby (Fano), DK	all-time rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1931	Falsterbo, SE	all-time rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1931	Lund, SE	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1931	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	all-time rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	all-time rain	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Orono, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Husum, DE	all-time rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Natchez, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1931	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1931	Kanuparthi, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1931	Chintalapudi, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1931	Prathipadu, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1931	Tekkali, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 250 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	151
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2