Weather Records on 31 March 2005

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 2005. Highest significance: Illalangi, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 2005

On 31 March 2005, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
386 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 808 daily.
Illalangi set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 31 March 2005.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 31 March 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
White Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newbicup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wereroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denbarker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windrush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Gully Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dartnall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bokerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Kalgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 31 March 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 31 March 2005 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 50, daily 808.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 2005

Top 20 records on 31 March 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 2005	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2005	Perillup, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2005	Winter, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2005	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2005	Pensacola Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2005	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	White Gums, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Tamar, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Gnowangerup, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Newbicup, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Angoon Pwr, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Allison, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	St Peter, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Wyndarra, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Borden, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Manjimup, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2005	Wells, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	48 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2005. 2005 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2005-03-31: 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 50	684
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1