Weather Records on 17 March 1917

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1917. Highest significance: Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1917

On 17 March 1917, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 51 daily.
Bustard Head Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 17 March 1917.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 17 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Red Hill Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1917

Top 20 records on 17 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1917	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1917	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	White River, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	White River, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Cape Norman, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Haparanda, SE	daily low max	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Tumut (Red Hill Station), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Maccue, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Cape Norman, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Maccue, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Cottam, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1917	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	34 years	16 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

1825 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1917. 1917 had 52 records.

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

Records on 03-17 in each year
Year	Records
1825	2
1839	1
1845	1
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	4
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	9
1898	14
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	16
1903	10
1904	11
1905	10
1906	15
1907	14
1908	20
1909	20
1910	17
1911	7
1912	7
1913	31
1914	28
1915	22
1916	40
1917	52
1918	26
1919	86
1920	50
1921	96
1922	49
1923	130
1924	78
1925	143
1926	185
1927	369
1928	230
1929	85
1930	306
1931	124
1932	484
1933	198
1934	368
1935	259
1936	601
1937	455
1938	394
1939	583
1940	250
1941	689
1942	783
1943	500
1944	288
1945	1,345
1946	810
1947	332
1948	340
1949	178
1950	1,105
1951	489
1952	527
1953	236
1954	365
1955	385
1956	573
1957	327
1958	535
1959	471
1960	814
1961	679
1962	321
1963	738
1964	241
1965	1,115
1966	970
1967	856
1968	849
1969	651
1970	768
1971	361
1972	1,013
1973	943
1974	837
1975	475
1976	534
1977	479
1978	787
1979	507
1980	658
1981	679
1982	1,315
1983	912
1984	599
1985	662
1986	551
1987	1,362
1988	1,325
1989	1,082
1990	1,916
1991	756
1992	740
1993	1,608
1994	822
1995	989
1996	689
1997	895
1998	972
1999	688
2000	792
2001	1,349
2002	1,210
2003	1,244
2004	1,406
2005	1,475
2006	579
2007	1,470
2008	955
2009	717
2010	584
2011	926
2012	2,715
2013	723
2014	1,039
2015	1,145
2016	545
2017	847
2018	891
2019	738
2020	454
2021	502
2022	452
2023	875
2024	668
2025	722
2026	2,522

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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	36
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1