Weather Records on 31 March 1996

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1996. Highest significance: Fossil, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 1996

On 31 March 1996, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 715 daily.
Fossil set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 31 March 1996.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 31 March 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jalapa del Valle	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Content 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mehringen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Valley - Carvers	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dorena	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silacayoapam (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Telixtlahuaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belem de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apiuna -Regua Nova (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koror	Palau	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Chicharras	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Terrero (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kumejima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minqin	China	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 144.

Records on 31 March 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	144

Records on 31 March 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 715.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 419.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1996

Top 20 records on 31 March 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1996	Fossil, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1996	Turtle Lake, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1996	Jalapa del Valle, MX	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Turtle Lake, US	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Content 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Mehringen, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Smoky Valley - Carvers, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Keahua 410, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Brookings, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Dorena, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Silacayoapam (Smn), MX	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Friend 3E, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	San Francisco Telixtlahuaca, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Miri, MY	monthly rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Parma Exp STN, US	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Belem de Sao Francisco, BR	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1996	Vilsandi, EE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	55 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1996. 1996 had 743 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

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Data for records on 1996-03-31: 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	593
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1