Weather Records on 31 March 1933

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1933. Highest significance: Chikodi, IN.

Key Facts for 31 March 1933

On 31 March 1933, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 300 daily.
Chikodi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 31 March 1933.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 31 March 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Ginghet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 March 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 March 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1933

Top 20 records on 31 March 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1933	Chikodi, IN	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1933	Minden, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1933	Paducah, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1933	Geryville (El-Bayadh), DZ	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1933	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1933	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1933	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1933	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Golconda River, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Water Valley, US	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Waterloo, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	University, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Brownsville, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily high min	24.7 C (76.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	The Ginghet, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Booneville, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1933	Camden 1, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 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

1808 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1933. 1933 had 311 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

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Data for records on 1933-03-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	198
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1