Weather Records on 11 March 1931

273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1931. Highest significance: Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU.

Key Facts for 11 March 1931

On 11 March 1931, 273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 267 daily.
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca set a monthly record daily precipitation of 161.0 mm (6.3 in) on 11 March 1931.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

273 stations

273 station records on 11 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dharingbadi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks (Bellimbopinni)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

273 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 11 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 11 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1931

Top 20 records on 11 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1931	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1931	Phulbani, IN	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Bird Rocks, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Upper Mattole, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Dharingbadi, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1931	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1931	Purankot, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1931	Kissimmee, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1931	Soro, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1931	Kendall Post Office, AU	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1931	Graz, AT	daily low min	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 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)
11 March 1931	Guyra Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1931	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1931	Basel Binningen, CH	monthly low min	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	2 years	26 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

1793 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 273 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	220
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1