Weather Records on 17 March 1934

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1934. Highest significance: Caniambo, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1934

On 17 March 1934, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 364 daily.
Caniambo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.7 mm (4.9 in) on 17 March 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 17 March 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uardry (Oolambeyan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 17 March 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 17 March 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1934

Top 20 records on 17 March 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1934	Caniambo, AU	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Burrabogie, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Feodosiia, UA	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	9.8 C (17.6 F)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Mossgiel (Boondara), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Boxwood, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Luz (Estacao), BR	all-time rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Petoskey, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1934	Garden City, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1934	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1934	Port Washington, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1934	Michelago (Soglio), AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1934	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	29 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1934. 1934 had 368 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	290
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1