Weather Records on 1 March 1991

926 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1991. Highest significance: Pbo Anantapur, IN.

Key Facts for 1 March 1991

On 1 March 1991, 926 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
407 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 880 daily.
Pbo Anantapur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.0 mm (3.2 in) on 1 March 1991.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

926 stations

926 station records on 1 March 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Anza	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hillside 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hemet	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	243.3 mm (9.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chino Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Recalque Abc	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

926 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 221, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 421, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 1 March 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	221
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	421
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 1 March 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 42, daily 880.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

746 broken records

Margins by which the 746 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1991

Top 20 records on 1 March 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1991	Pbo Anantapur, IN	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	79 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Descanso Rs, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Anza, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Alpine, US	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Monticello, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Lamoni, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Hillside 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Henshaw Dam, US	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1991	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Dublin, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Bright Angel Rs, US	monthly rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Edmore 4NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Brillion, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	El Capitan Dam, US	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Beaumont #2, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1991	Dawson, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	49 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1991. 1991 had 926 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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Data for records on 1991-03-01: 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	719
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1