Weather Records on 31 March 1990

842 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1990. Highest significance: Evesham Station, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 1990

On 31 March 1990, 842 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
495 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 767 daily.
Evesham Station set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 31 March 1990.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

842 stations

842 station records on 31 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Andalsnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Songli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hegra II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blenheim Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sunndalsora III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halsafjord II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Humble Pump STN 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amealco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Surnadal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

842 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 31 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 31 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 73, daily 767.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1990

Top 20 records on 31 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1990	Evesham Station, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1990	Lancaster, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Norddal, NO	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Andalsnes, NO	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal, NO	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Songli, NO	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Hegra II, NO	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Blenheim Station, AU	daily rain	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Haukedal, NO	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Vigra, NO	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Timovskoe, RU	monthly high max	12.3 C (54.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Sunndalsora III, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Tafjord, NO	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Halsafjord II, NO	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Humble Pump STN 5 WNW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1990	Kuttabul Post Office, AU	daily rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	16 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1990. 1990 had 842 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 1990-03-31: 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 25	653
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2