Weather Records on 31 March 2018

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 2018. Highest significance: Kyzyl-Ozek, RU.

Key Facts for 31 March 2018

On 31 March 2018, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 623 daily.
Kyzyl-Ozek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.6 mm (1.3 in) on 31 March 2018.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

663 stations

663 station records on 31 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Soloneshnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Edam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Isle 12N	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
West Beemster	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogwoud	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Tori Shima Ma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wismar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaskul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malta 35 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lidgerwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 31 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 31 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 2018

Top 20 records on 31 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 2018	Kyzyl-Ozek, RU	monthly rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2018	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2018	Soloneshnoe, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2018	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Edam, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Ust-Koksa, RU	monthly rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Isle 12N, US	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Willow Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Rugby, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Chester, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Milaca, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Ottertail, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Marken, NL	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Brainerd, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Springdale, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Malda, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Valentine, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Gordon, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2018	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	51 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2018. 2018 had 663 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	943
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	943
2026	1,276

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Data for records on 2018-03-31: 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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	546
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1