Weather Records on 17 March 1933

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1933. Highest significance: Punalur, IN.

Key Facts for 17 March 1933

On 17 March 1933, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 195 daily.
Punalur set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 17 March 1933.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 17 March 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 17 March 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 March 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1933

Top 20 records on 17 March 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1933	Punalur, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Schwerin, DE	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Perm, RU	daily low min	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	8.7 C (15.7 F)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Biser, RU	daily low min	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	monthly high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Whitehead, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Potsdam, DE	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Teriberka, RU	daily rain	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Junsele, SE	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Clark, US	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Landsort, SE	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Kirov, RU	daily rain	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1933	Ramdurg, IN	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	20 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1933. 1933 had 198 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 10	151
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2