Weather Records on 31 March 1974

852 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1974. Highest significance: Noupoort, ZA.

Key Facts for 31 March 1974

On 31 March 1974, 852 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 785 daily.
Noupoort set a daily record precipitation of 57.0 mm (2.2 in) on 31 March 1974.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

852 stations

852 station records on 31 March 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Schootefountain	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parysfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kleindubbelvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oulton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wagenaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kearneysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cocanarup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Picui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bosduiwekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkawatt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pablillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

852 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 424, Heaviest daily snowfall 119, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 31 March 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	424
Heaviest daily snowfall	119
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 31 March 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 66, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

740 broken records

Margins by which the 740 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1974

Top 20 records on 31 March 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1974	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1974	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	State College, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Schootefountain, ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Bolivar, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Le Roy, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Parysfontein, ZA	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Portageville 1N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	State College, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Kleindubbelvlei, ZA	all-time rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Onder-Geluk, ZA	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1974	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	72 years	45 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1974. 1974 had 852 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 1974-03-31: 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 50	693
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2