Weather Records on 31 March 1929

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1929. Highest significance: La Harpe, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 1929

On 31 March 1929, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 315 daily.
La Harpe set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 31 March 1929.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 31 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lacona	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 31 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 31 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1929

Top 20 records on 31 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1929	La Harpe, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Northwood, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Washington, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Steffenville, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Armour, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Galva, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Sigourney, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Viroqua, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1929	St Joseph, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Monmouth, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Armour, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily low max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Ottumwa 1 WSW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1929	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	30 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1929. 1929 had 323 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 1929-03-31: 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 25	246
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1