Weather Records on 31 March 1981

1,060 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1981. Highest significance: Eureka, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 1981

On 31 March 1981, 1,060 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
666 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 116 monthly and 943 daily.
Eureka set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 31 March 1981.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

1,060 stations

1,060 station records on 31 March 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bejneu	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murrabit R.W.C.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ubiracu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smithers A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes 10 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gackle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cococi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Spg 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,060 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 321, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 345, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 31 March 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	321
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	345
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 31 March 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 116, daily 943.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1981

Top 20 records on 31 March 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1981	Eureka, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Slutsk, BY	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Barham (Thule Street), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Ashley, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Onaka, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Cohuna (Goulburn Murray), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Ellendale, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Leola, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1981	Biddenham, AU	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Bejneu, KZ	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Faulkton, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Mallan (Niemur Valley), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Ipswich, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Murrabit R.W.C., AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1981	Cape Capricorn Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	48 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1981. 1981 had 1,060 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 1981-03-31: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	850
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2