Weather Records on 30 March 1931

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1931. Highest significance: Pine Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 30 March 1931

On 30 March 1931, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 253 daily.
Pine Creek set a daily record precipitation of 129.5 mm (5.1 in) on 30 March 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

254 stations

254 station records on 30 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Point Charles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lanka	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 30 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 30 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

209 broken records

Margins by which the 209 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

30 March 1931

Top 20 records on 30 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1931	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	New London, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	Point Charles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	Newport, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	Jingellic, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	La Ctr, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	Ashland, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	Enid, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1931	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Healy, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Lexington, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Orangajuli, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Storlien, SE	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1931	Fayette, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	30 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

1796 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 254 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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	204
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1