Weather Records on 2 March 1931

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1931. Highest significance: Berrybank, AU.

Key Facts for 2 March 1931

On 2 March 1931, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 245 daily.
Berrybank set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 2 March 1931.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 2 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brae Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nathana	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colombo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1931

Top 20 records on 2 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1931	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Princetown, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Princetown (Rivernook), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Camperdown (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Brae Springs, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Silli, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Quambone Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Amguri, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1931	Koo Wee Rup, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1931	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1931	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1931	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 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

1802 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1931. 1931 had 250 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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 25	203
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1