Weather Records on 30 March 1917

248 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1917. Highest significance: Minlaton, AU.

Key Facts for 30 March 1917

On 30 March 1917, 248 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 247 daily.
Minlaton set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 30 March 1917.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

248 stations

248 station records on 30 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

248 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 247.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

243 broken records

Margins by which the 243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1917

Top 20 records on 30 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1917	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Battunga, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Prince Albert, CA	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Yacka, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1917	Port Pirie (Valencia), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 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

1796 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1917. 1917 had 248 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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	224
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1