Weather Records on 31 March 1957

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1957. Highest significance: Beri(Berikhas), IN.

Key Facts for 31 March 1957

On 31 March 1957, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 364 daily.
Beri(Berikhas) set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 31 March 1957.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 31 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beri(Berikhas)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wapashoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandotte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tirunelveli	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Mills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parysfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leader	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 31 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1957

Top 20 records on 31 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1957	Beri(Berikhas), IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Ashland, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Ness City, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Austwell, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Wapashoe, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Jetmore, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Pandharpur, IN	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Scott City, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Green Rvr, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Wyandotte 1 N, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Neosho, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Elliot, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Mt Vernon 3 SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1957	Governador Dix-Sept Rosado, BR	all-time rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1957	Hamelfontein, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1957. 1957 had 373 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 1957-03-31: 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 20	300
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1