Weather Records on 5 March 1917

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1917. Highest significance: Port Stanley, CA.

Key Facts for 5 March 1917

On 5 March 1917, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 77 daily.
Port Stanley set a monthly record daily snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 5 March 1917.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 5 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

70 broken records

Margins by which the 70 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1917

Top 20 records on 5 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1917	Port Stanley, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1917	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1917	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1917	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1917	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1917	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1917	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Emerald Post Office, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Welland, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1917	Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	23 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

1794 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 79 records.

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

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

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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 25	43
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	2