Weather Records on 17 March 1935

259 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1935. Highest significance: New Orleans Audubon, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1935

On 17 March 1935, 259 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 256 daily.
New Orleans Audubon set a daily record precipitation of 86.6 mm (3.4 in) on 17 March 1935.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

259 stations

259 station records on 17 March 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Amyton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

259 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 March 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 March 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1935

Top 20 records on 17 March 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1935	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1935	New Orleans Carrollton, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1935	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Menasha, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Houlton, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Schriever, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Gayndah Post Office, AU	monthly low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Solomons, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Mannanarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1935	Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	37 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1935. 1935 had 259 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 20	198
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1