Weather Records on 17 March 1937

455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1937. Highest significance: Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1937

On 17 March 1937, 455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 444 daily.
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede set a monthly record daily precipitation of 195.8 mm (7.7 in) on 17 March 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

455 stations

455 station records on 17 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

455 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 17 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 17 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1937

Top 20 records on 17 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1937	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	monthly rain	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Uman, UA	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Kiev, UA	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Aska, IN	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Howard Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Lake Cowal, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Enosburg Falls, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Gympie, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1937	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	39 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1937. 1937 had 455 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 100	410
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1