Weather Records on 31 March 1959

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1959. Highest significance: Chilliwack, CA.

Key Facts for 31 March 1959

On 31 March 1959, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 596 daily.
Chilliwack set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.8 mm (4.5 in) on 31 March 1959.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 31 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lochiel Saltworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wonwondah (Mount Zero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE (Keilira Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunham River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narrung (Yalkuri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Peters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 550, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 31 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	550
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 31 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1959

Top 20 records on 31 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1959	Chilliwack, CA	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Bologna, IT	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Millicent, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Lochiel Saltworks, AU	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Normanville, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1959	Khatra, IN	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Roseworthy, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Kadina, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Port Vincent, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Wonwondah (Mount Zero), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Simlapal, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Myponga, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Willsons River, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1959	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	53 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1959. 1959 had 622 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 1959-03-31: 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	491
20 to 40	71
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2