Weather Records on 17 March 1932

484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1932. Highest significance: Picton Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1932

On 17 March 1932, 484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 480 daily.
Picton Council Depot set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 17 March 1932.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

484 stations

484 station records on 17 March 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burraga 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

484 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 425, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 17 March 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	425
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 March 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1932

Top 20 records on 17 March 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1932	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Genoa, IT	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Ironton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Huntington 1, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Menangle, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Gobarralong, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Pickens 1, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1932	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	43 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

1825 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1932. 1932 had 484 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 25	373
25 to 50	62
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1