Weather Records on 31 March 1944

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1944. Highest significance: Hajipur, IN.

Key Facts for 31 March 1944

On 31 March 1944, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 308 daily.
Hajipur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 31 March 1944.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 31 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	326.0 cm (128.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	185.0 cm (72.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kennecott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 31 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 31 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 860.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1944

Top 20 records on 31 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1944	Hajipur, IN	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1944	Loukahi, IN	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Barsoe, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Sheohar, IN	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Musafir Khana, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Raiganj, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Siwan, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Sarmera, IN	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Chanchal, IN	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Gop, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Tanda, IN	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1944	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1944	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	4 years	33 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1944. 1944 had 327 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 1944-03-31: 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 200	282
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1