Weather Records on 1 March 1931

140 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1931. Highest significance: Buangor 1, AU.

Key Facts for 1 March 1931

On 1 March 1931, 140 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 134 daily.
Buangor 1 set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 1 March 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

140 stations

140 station records on 1 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-38.5 C (-37.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mandakata	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	154.0 cm (60.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

140 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 1 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 1 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

122 broken records

Margins by which the 122 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1931

Top 20 records on 1 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1931	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1931	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Forse, SE	monthly low min	-38.5 C (-37.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Bulken, NO	monthly snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Saentis, CH	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Barpukhuri, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Broome Post Office, AU	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	65 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Rajauli, IN	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Grantville, AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Suri, IN	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Cumberland, US	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Attabari, IN	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1931	Chakaibanda, IN	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1931. 1931 had 140 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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	116
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2