Weather Records on 26 March 1931

234 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1931. Highest significance: Hays 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 1931

On 26 March 1931, 234 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 231 daily.
Hays 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 26 March 1931.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

234 stations

234 station records on 26 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

234 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1931

Top 20 records on 26 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1931	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1931	Franklin, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1931	Lexington, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1931	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1931	Ashland, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1931	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Medicine Lodge, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Gothenburg, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Hays 1 S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Colby, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Colby, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Fall River, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Ovando, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Haskell, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Independence, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1931	Paris, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	23 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

1805 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1931. 1931 had 234 records.

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

Records on 03-26 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1837	1
1843	1
1850	1
1862	2
1865	1
1867	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1892	5
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	6
1897	5
1898	1
1899	3
1901	12
1902	17
1903	18
1904	29
1905	23
1906	20
1907	21
1908	16
1909	21
1910	29
1911	13
1912	33
1913	123
1914	49
1915	16
1916	27
1917	54
1918	60
1919	45
1920	81
1921	79
1922	45
1923	129
1924	115
1925	123
1926	144
1927	75
1928	456
1929	281
1930	376
1931	234
1932	279
1933	102
1934	289
1935	311
1936	269
1937	806
1938	341
1939	310
1940	1,032
1941	366
1942	316
1943	341
1944	437
1945	852
1946	885
1947	619
1948	325
1949	585
1950	458
1951	777
1952	283
1953	482
1954	304
1955	1,914
1956	829
1957	251
1958	314
1959	435
1960	1,067
1961	486
1962	330
1963	497
1964	898
1965	1,063
1966	306
1967	538
1968	562
1969	593
1970	368
1971	1,502
1972	634
1973	522
1974	691
1975	859
1976	567
1977	626
1978	1,008
1979	677
1980	459
1981	824
1982	736
1983	1,199
1984	594
1985	860
1986	634
1987	741
1988	1,094
1989	1,031
1990	871
1991	1,705
1992	642
1993	966
1994	707
1995	1,374
1996	1,372
1997	1,298
1998	1,305
1999	867
2000	601
2001	1,383
2002	1,092
2003	746
2004	1,511
2005	776
2006	949
2007	1,976
2008	1,161
2009	754
2010	717
2011	691
2012	945
2013	1,759
2014	1,048
2015	846
2016	463
2017	430
2018	693
2019	364
2020	812
2021	778
2022	1,281
2023	1,817
2024	780
2025	1,860
2026	1,809

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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	177
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2