Weather Records on 20 March 1931

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1931. Highest significance: Hay (Eurolie), AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1931

On 20 March 1931, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 466 daily.
Hay (Eurolie) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.7 mm (2.4 in) on 20 March 1931.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 20 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 418, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 20 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	418
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 20 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1931

Top 20 records on 20 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1931	Hay (Eurolie), AU	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1931	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Hay (Corrong), AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Peak Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Kallara, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Big Springs, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1931	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

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 492 records.

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

Records on 03-20 in each year
Year	Records
1808	3
1818	1
1822	2
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	3
1850	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	11
1866	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	2
1887	3
1888	5
1889	5
1890	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	8
1901	6
1902	13
1903	34
1904	12
1905	6
1906	16
1907	17
1908	4
1909	6
1910	20
1911	35
1912	12
1913	42
1914	51
1915	22
1916	46
1917	49
1918	40
1919	31
1920	52
1921	93
1922	49
1923	275
1924	76
1925	121
1926	103
1927	298
1928	258
1929	56
1930	86
1931	492
1932	117
1933	354
1934	243
1935	408
1936	245
1937	220
1938	394
1939	240
1940	486
1941	390
1942	325
1943	378
1944	611
1945	636
1946	435
1947	299
1948	697
1949	352
1950	367
1951	788
1952	589
1953	350
1954	303
1955	719
1956	527
1957	516
1958	467
1959	293
1960	594
1961	332
1962	363
1963	447
1964	525
1965	2,020
1966	367
1967	784
1968	819
1969	374
1970	912
1971	377
1972	635
1973	422
1974	755
1975	932
1976	989
1977	352
1978	863
1979	712
1980	458
1981	712
1982	1,189
1983	1,179
1984	775
1985	636
1986	666
1987	867
1988	1,044
1989	793
1990	1,496
1991	1,205
1992	654
1993	1,014
1994	1,040
1995	857
1996	1,147
1997	1,801
1998	963
1999	793
2000	894
2001	1,048
2002	1,698
2003	1,166
2004	1,701
2005	602
2006	1,353
2007	1,053
2008	993
2009	445
2010	1,264
2011	1,003
2012	3,051
2013	762
2014	800
2015	521
2016	450
2017	1,331
2018	587
2019	530
2020	1,006
2021	487
2022	667
2023	975
2024	520
2025	848
2026	3,126

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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	390
25 to 50	64
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2