Weather Records on 31 March 1949

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1949. Highest significance: Singimari, IN.

Key Facts for 31 March 1949

On 31 March 1949, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 433 daily.
Singimari set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.2 mm (4.3 in) on 31 March 1949.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

452 stations

452 station records on 31 March 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	379.2 mm (14.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	260.4 mm (10.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 31 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 31 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1949

Top 20 records on 31 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1949	Singimari, IN	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1949	O'Neill, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Rock Rapids, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	379.2 mm (14.9 in)	174.7 mm (6.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Dresden, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Haveri, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	200.1 mm (7.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Farmington 3NW, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Eau Claire, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Faribault, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Sedgwick, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Lapeer 2 SE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Parksville, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	New London, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	260.4 mm (10.3 in)	149.7 mm (5.9 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1949	Welland, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1949. 1949 had 452 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 1949-03-31: 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	328
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2