Weather Records on 31 March 1942

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1942. Highest significance: Yarraloola, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 1942

On 31 March 1942, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 234 daily.
Yarraloola set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 31 March 1942.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 31 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie City Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 31 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 31 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1942

Top 20 records on 31 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1942	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Berea College, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Attingal, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Rowena (Iffley), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Gettysburg, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Lock Haven, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1942	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Gogo Station, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Marion, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Philo, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Cadiz, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Cedar Lake, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Chippewa Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Napier Downs, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1942	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	27 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1942. 1942 had 245 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1942-03-31: 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 50	177
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1