Weather Records on 11 March 1917

49 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1917. Highest significance: Haliburton A, CA.

Key Facts for 11 March 1917

On 11 March 1917, 49 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 48 daily.
Haliburton A set a monthly record daily snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 11 March 1917.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

49 stations

49 station records on 11 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

49 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 11 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 11 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1917

Top 20 records on 11 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1917	Haliburton A, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1917	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Maccue, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Warooka, AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low min	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	San Diego Wbo, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Uccle, BE	daily high max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Bjuraker, SE	daily low min	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Maccue, CA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1917	Gavle, SE	daily low min	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	28 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

1793 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1917. 1917 had 49 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	32
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1