Weather Records on 31 March 1997

962 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1997. Highest significance: Samnanger, NO.

Key Facts for 31 March 1997

On 31 March 1997, 962 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 926 daily.
Samnanger set a daily record precipitation of 148.5 mm (5.8 in) on 31 March 1997.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

962 stations

962 station records on 31 March 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pingrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeestpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Talon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Craiova	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Falcondale - Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chillinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosiori de Vede	Romania	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ixhuatlan del Cafe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inhumas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cormick 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kondinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moulyinning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kukerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

962 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 346, Heaviest daily snowfall 88, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 31 March 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	346
Heaviest daily snowfall	88
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 31 March 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 33, daily 926.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

794 broken records

Margins by which the 794 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1997

Top 20 records on 31 March 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1997	Samnanger, NO	daily rain	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1997	Pingrup, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1997	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1997	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1997	St Albans, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1997	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1997	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Hartebeestpoort, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Libode (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Gardner, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Stamford, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Gullbra, NO	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Walker, US	daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Ennis, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Taung, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Gardner, US	all-time snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Talon, RU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1997	Delmas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	50 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1997. 1997 had 962 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 1997-03-31: 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	763
100 to 200	21
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1