Weather Records on 31 March 1986

1,507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1986. Highest significance: Tann/Rhon, DE.

Key Facts for 31 March 1986

On 31 March 1986, 1,507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,212 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 185 monthly and 1,322 daily.
Tann/Rhon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 31 March 1986.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

1,507 stations

1,507 station records on 31 March 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colpon-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Homberg/Ohm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	185.8 mm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wartenberg-Angersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,507 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 763, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 449, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 31 March 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	763
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	449
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 March 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 185, daily 1,322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,115 broken records

Margins by which the 1,115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1986

Top 20 records on 31 March 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1986	Tann/Rhon, DE	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Sondershausen, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Waltershausen, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Colpon-Ata, KG	monthly rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Birx/Rhon, DE	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Homberg/Ohm, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Nkhota Kota, MW	daily rain	185.8 mm (7.3 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Brotterode, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Schotten, DE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Wartenberg-Angersbach, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Elgersburg, DE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Salvatierra, MX	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Lemon Cove, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Mesa, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Syracuse, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Akron 4 E, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1986	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	38 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1986. 1986 had 1,507 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 1986-03-31: 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 10	1,077
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1