Weather Records on 4 March 1917

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1917. Highest significance: Nuwara Eliya, LK.

Key Facts for 4 March 1917

On 4 March 1917, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 46 daily.
Nuwara Eliya set a daily record low maximum temperature of 14.7 C (58.5 F) on 4 March 1917.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 4 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Gresford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1917

Top 20 records on 4 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1917	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1917	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Winton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Athens, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Boras, SE	daily low max	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Bad Muskau, DE	monthly snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Malvern, US	monthly snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Cudgewa North, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Lenoir, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Hewitt, US	daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Walwa, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1917	Stony Mountain, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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

1801 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1917. 1917 had 51 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	35
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1