Weather Records on 9 March 1931

387 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 1931. Highest significance: Corning, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 1931

On 9 March 1931, 387 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 382 daily.
Corning set a daily record snow depth of 101.6 cm (40.0 in) on 9 March 1931.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

387 stations

387 station records on 9 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

387 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 179, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 9 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	179
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 9 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 1931

Top 20 records on 9 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 1931	Corning, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1931	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1931	Elmira, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1931	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1931	Haskinville, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 1931	Waren, DE	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Bloomington Normal, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Pandaria, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Quincy, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Chendipada, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Haileybury, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	Arnsberg, DE	monthly low max	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 March 1931	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	27 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

1798 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1931. 1931 had 387 records.

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

Records on 03-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1807	1
1808	2
1811	3
1813	2
1814	1
1815	1
1824	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1855	1
1858	1
1860	1
1862	2
1863	2
1864	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	6
1893	6
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1901	3
1902	9
1903	29
1904	8
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	36
1909	14
1910	21
1911	35
1912	25
1913	100
1914	66
1915	39
1916	53
1917	52
1918	32
1919	57
1920	23
1921	89
1922	31
1923	148
1924	104
1925	211
1926	133
1927	107
1928	187
1929	210
1930	114
1931	387
1932	1,604
1933	136
1934	266
1935	288
1936	350
1937	172
1938	209
1939	400
1940	263
1941	366
1942	453
1943	679
1944	685
1945	107
1946	249
1947	249
1948	857
1949	436
1950	382
1951	777
1952	266
1953	338
1954	689
1955	629
1956	452
1957	547
1958	534
1959	138
1960	1,155
1961	416
1962	552
1963	349
1964	1,148
1965	305
1966	478
1967	731
1968	771
1969	858
1970	403
1971	457
1972	957
1973	930
1974	1,694
1975	639
1976	635
1977	1,418
1978	952
1979	856
1980	444
1981	1,199
1982	879
1983	996
1984	1,365
1985	710
1986	965
1987	1,043
1988	743
1989	1,504
1990	1,140
1991	447
1992	1,377
1993	658
1994	1,897
1995	1,910
1996	3,236
1997	759
1998	1,710
1999	1,369
2000	2,384
2001	838
2002	1,514
2003	1,120
2004	1,162
2005	937
2006	1,129
2007	634
2008	1,201
2009	1,110
2010	1,409
2011	958
2012	909
2013	1,015
2014	982
2015	655
2016	1,285
2017	678
2018	435
2019	901
2020	759
2021	746
2022	1,209
2023	1,119
2024	536
2025	656
2026	1,050

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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 200	315
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1