Weather Records on 24 March 1931

102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1931. Highest significance: Guyra Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1931

On 24 March 1931, 102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 101 daily.
Guyra Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 24 March 1931.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

102 stations

102 station records on 24 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.7 mm (9.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

102 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

88 broken records

Margins by which the 88 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1931

Top 20 records on 24 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1931	Guyra Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1931	St Peter, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1931	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1931	Western Creek, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Gowrie Junction, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Alta, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Cape York Post Office, AU	all-time rain	251.7 mm (9.9 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Bird Island, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Murphys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Gragin, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Napoklu, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Contest, ZA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Maryland, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1931	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 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 102 records.

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

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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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 20	77
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1