Weather Records on 31 March 1955

286 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1955. Highest significance: Bikrampur, IN.

Key Facts for 31 March 1955

On 31 March 1955, 286 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 284 daily.
Bikrampur set a daily record precipitation of 249.2 mm (9.8 in) on 31 March 1955.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

286 stations

286 station records on 31 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	249.2 mm (9.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spruce	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Picos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bralorne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Patharkandi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ukmerge	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pender Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

286 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 31 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 31 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 670.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1955

Top 20 records on 31 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1955	Bikrampur, IN	daily rain	249.2 mm (9.8 in)	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Clearwater, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Spruce, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Picos, BR	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Tunnel Camp, CA	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Two Buttes, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Fraser Range, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Madrid, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1955	Bralorne, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1955	Ioco Refinery, CA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1955	Skjak, NO	daily snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1955	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1955	Monierkhal, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1955	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	30 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1955. 1955 had 286 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 1955-03-31: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	206
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1