Weather Records on 31 March 2000

581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 2000. Highest significance: Rocky Ford 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 2000

On 31 March 2000, 581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 540 daily.
Rocky Ford 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 31 March 2000.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

581 stations

581 station records on 31 March 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Lerdo (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palolo Vly 718	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palatka	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St. Lucia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malden Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abasolo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wanyuan	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dachen Dao	China	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

581 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 31 March 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 31 March 2000 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 38, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 440.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 2000

Top 20 records on 31 March 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 2000	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2000	Dulce, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Haswell, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Eads, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Hobbs, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Matador, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Newkirk, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Live Oak, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Rush 1N, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Center 4 SSW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Ft Lewis, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Star Lake, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Vernal, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Star Lake, US	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Center 4 SSW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Jayuya, PR	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Genoa, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2000	Stratton, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	27 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2000. 2000 had 581 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 2000-03-31: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	421
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2