Weather Records on 31 March 2002

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 2002. Highest significance: Big Timber, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 2002

On 31 March 2002, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
445 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 102 monthly and 758 daily.
Big Timber set a monthly record daily snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 31 March 2002.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 31 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.7 mm (8.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.8 mm (7.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Toorooka (Moparrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tokmak	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Randlett 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Negley 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willawarrin (Denleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huailai	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bataquez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uchadzhy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 290, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 31 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	290
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 31 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 102, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 2002

Top 20 records on 31 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 2002	Big Timber, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2002	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	212.7 mm (8.4 in)	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	187.8 mm (7.4 in)	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Toorooka (Moparrabah), AU	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Bintulu, MY	all-time rain	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Velva, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Tokmak, KG	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	109 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	New Albany, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Albany, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Morton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Tenerife/Los Rodeos, ES	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Roi Et, TH	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Comanche, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Nakhon Phanom, TH	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Sterlington, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2002	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	42 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2002. 2002 had 861 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 2002-03-31: 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 20	631
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1