Weather Records on 31 March 1948

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1948. Highest significance: Sausar, IN.

Key Facts for 31 March 1948

On 31 March 1948, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 341 daily.
Sausar set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 31 March 1948.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 31 March 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	226.8 mm (8.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crownpoint	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 31 March 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 31 March 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1948

Top 20 records on 31 March 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1948	Sausar, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Madison, US	all-time rain	226.8 mm (8.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Monticello 5 SE, US	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Crownpoint, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Indi, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1948	Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Nargund, IN	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Monument 2 WSW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Thorpdale State School, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Pusad, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Taipu, BR	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Eutawville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1948	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	29 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1948. 1948 had 355 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 1948-03-31: 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	297
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1