Weather Records on 31 March 1917

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1917. Highest significance: Warnertown (Willow Lodge), AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 1917

On 31 March 1917, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 48 daily.
Warnertown (Willow Lodge) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 31 March 1917.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 31 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warnertown (Willow Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kardella (Fleetwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 48.

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 37.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 1917

Top 20 records on 31 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1917	Warnertown (Willow Lodge), AU	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1917	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 1917	Washington, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Kardella (Fleetwood), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Beeac (Eurack), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Metten, DE	daily rain	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Houston Wb City, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	48 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Owen Sound, CA	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Sheffield, GB	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Durham, GB	monthly low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 March 1917	Netley, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	31 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

1808 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1917. 1917 had 52 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

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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 5	36
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1