Weather Records on 31 March 1951

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1951. Highest significance: Kuppam, IN.

Key Facts for 31 March 1951

On 31 March 1951, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 459 daily.
Kuppam set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 31 March 1951.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 31 March 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ahiri	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sihora Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 31 March 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 31 March 1951 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1951

Top 20 records on 31 March 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1951	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Karur, IN	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Pandaria, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Haskinville, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Dhamtari, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Erode, IN	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Satyamangalam, IN	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Krishnagiri, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Hancock, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Little Falls, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Tiruchengode, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1951	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1951. 1951 had 490 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 1951-03-31: 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	430
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1