Weather Records on 31 March 1927

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1927. Highest significance: Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 1927

On 31 March 1927, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 187 daily.
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 31 March 1927.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 31 March 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McDonnell Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 31 March 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 31 March 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

185 broken records

Margins by which the 185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1927

Top 20 records on 31 March 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1927	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Atchison, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	La Monte, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Seward, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	York, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Marshall, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Mykland, NO	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Warsaw 1, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Lawrence, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Beatrice, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Norfolk, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1927	Bardstown, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1927	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1927	McDonnell Station, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	33 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

1808 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1927. 1927 had 198 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

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Data for records on 1927-03-31: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	151
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1