Weather Records on 17 March 1938

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1938. Highest significance: Kingstree, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1938

On 17 March 1938, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 393 daily.
Kingstree set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 17 March 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 17 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 393.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 175.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1938

Top 20 records on 17 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1938	Kingstree, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Ormley, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Oxford, GB	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Brockton, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1938	Noorinbee, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1938	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1938	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1938	Monticello 5 SE, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	32 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1938. 1938 had 394 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	315
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1