Weather Records on 5 March 1931

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1931. Highest significance: Warialda Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 1931

On 5 March 1931, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 261 daily.
Warialda Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 5 March 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 5 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Overflow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jallesore	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 261.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

225 broken records

Margins by which the 225 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1931

Top 20 records on 5 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1931	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1931	Millie, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1931	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1931	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1931	Bungunya School, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	The Overflow, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Edgeroi, AU	all-time rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Ellerston, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Gowrie Junction, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Walma, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Doreen, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Combogolong, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Curtis, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Gothenburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Salisbury, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1931	Murrawombi, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	29 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

1794 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1931. 1931 had 268 records.

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

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

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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	208
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1