Weather Records on 31 March 1989

1,335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1989. Highest significance: Bierbank, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 1989

On 31 March 1989, 1,335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
745 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 120 monthly and 1,211 daily.
Bierbank set an all-time record daily precipitation of 164.0 mm (6.5 in) on 31 March 1989.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,335 stations

1,335 station records on 31 March 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Songiston (Mtn STN)	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabah (Branglebar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgowi (Moira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwagga (Devon Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuan Creek Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teddington Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle (Kooroon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,335 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 453, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 292, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 474, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 31 March 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	453
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	292
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	474
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 31 March 1989 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 120, daily 1,211.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,186 broken records

Margins by which the 1,186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1989

Top 20 records on 31 March 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1989	Bierbank, AU	all-time rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	79 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Tiaro, AU	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1989	Carrathool Motors, AU	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Mathoura (Mathoura Station), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Songiston (Mtn STN), TJ	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Imbil Forestry, AU	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Pomona Post Office, AU	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Coolabah (Branglebar), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Maude (Nap Nap), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Amamoor Forestry, AU	daily rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	Goolgowi (Moira St), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1989	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	54 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1989. 1989 had 1,335 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 1989-03-31: 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 100	1,171
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1