Weather Records on 31 March 1930

137 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1930. Highest significance: Levan, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 1930

On 31 March 1930, 137 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 134 daily.
Levan set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 31 March 1930.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

137 stations

137 station records on 31 March 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mc Intosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

137 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 31 March 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 March 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1930

Top 20 records on 31 March 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1930	Levan, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1930	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1930	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	110.9 mm (4.4 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Big Creek, CA	monthly high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Plant City, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Kissimmee, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Bartow 1SE, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Jerome, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Waurn Ponds, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Atyrau, KZ	monthly high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Steytlerville (Mag), ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1930	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	13 years	18 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1930. 1930 had 137 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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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	107
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1