Weather Records on 31 March 2026

1,275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 2026. Highest significance: Bowling Green Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 2026

On 31 March 2026, 1,275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,176 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 105 monthly and 1,170 daily.
Bowling Green Wwtp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.9 mm (2.8 in) on 31 March 2026.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,275 stations

1,275 station records on 31 March 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Fulton Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pipe Spring Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,275 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 488, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 688, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 31 March 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	488
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	688
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 31 March 2026 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 105, daily 1,170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

965 broken records

Margins by which the 965 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 2026

Top 20 records on 31 March 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 2026	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2026	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2026	Ottawa, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Annex Creek, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Columbia City, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Coldwater, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	131 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Bartlesville Muni AP, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Creston 2 SW, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Wamsutter, US	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Hobart Muni AP, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Springerville, US	monthly high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Allerton, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Cleveland, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Watertown AP, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Lajas Substn, PR	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Sandusky, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Knox Wwtp, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	128 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Grundy Ctr, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2026	Lamoni, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	108 years	46 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2026. 2026 had 1,275 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 2026-03-31: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	962
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1