Weather Records on 7 March 1991

859 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1991. Highest significance: Bengbu, CN.

Key Facts for 7 March 1991

On 7 March 1991, 859 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
572 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 805 daily.
Bengbu set a daily record precipitation of 76.1 mm (3.0 in) on 7 March 1991.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

859 stations

859 station records on 7 March 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rye	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis San Pedro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda S.Joao Morro Vermelho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dedeben (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mercer	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaxco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anhembi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Molino Blanco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florida Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

859 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 364, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 7 March 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	364
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 March 1991 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 49, daily 805.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1991

Top 20 records on 7 March 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1991	Bengbu, CN	daily rain	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Anyang, CN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Akron 4 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Rye, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Yanzhou, CN	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	28.8 C (83.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Laras, BR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Dongtai, CN	monthly rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Ajaccio, FR	daily high max	24.8 C (76.6 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Muenster, DE	daily high min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Brackettville, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	De Bilt, NL	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Coolawanyah, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1991	Irapuru, BR	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	37 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

1796 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1991. 1991 had 859 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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Data for records on 1991-03-07: 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	641
10 to 20	56
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1