Weather Records on 31 March 1978

1,362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1978. Highest significance: Middalya, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 1978

On 31 March 1978, 1,362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
959 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 120 monthly and 1,242 daily.
Middalya set a daily record precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 31 March 1978.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,362 stations

1,362 station records on 31 March 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nanuque-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos Arburua Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alice (Watervale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lanquedoc	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.2 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maseru	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,362 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 415, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 544, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 31 March 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	415
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	544
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 31 March 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 120, daily 1,242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,079 broken records

Margins by which the 1,079 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1978

Top 20 records on 31 March 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1978	Middalya, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1978	Tehachapi, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Haiwee, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Catemaco, MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Dunkeld, ZA	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Nanuque-Montante, BR	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Hillside Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Arhangelsk, RU	monthly high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Dyer 5S, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Ekaterinburg, RU	monthly high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Armstrong (Aut), CA	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Ellenburg Depot, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Tanbar Station, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Goodooga (Willawillingbah), AU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Moonan Flat (High St), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1978	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	41 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1978. 1978 had 1,362 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 1978-03-31: 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	1,070
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1