Weather Records on 13 December 1931

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1931. Highest significance: Calhoun 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 13 December 1931

On 13 December 1931, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 464 daily.
Calhoun 2 N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 244.6 mm (9.6 in) on 13 December 1931.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

525 stations

525 station records on 13 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	244.6 mm (9.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matheran	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 60, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

440 broken records

Margins by which the 440 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1931

Top 20 records on 13 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1931	Calhoun 2 N, US	all-time rain	244.6 mm (9.6 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1931	Palermo, IT	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Kumta, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Shahada, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Duck Hill, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Setif, DZ	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Karwar, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Athens, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Malvern, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Trimbak, IN	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Theethandathanam, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Ruston la Tech, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1931	Ankola, IN	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1931	Mokhada, IN	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1931	Peint, IN	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1931	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1931	Natural Brg, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	31 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

1796 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 525 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 50	428
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1