Weather Records on 17 March 1942

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1942. Highest significance: Goderich Township, CA.

Key Facts for 17 March 1942

On 17 March 1942, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 774 daily.
Goderich Township set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 17 March 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 17 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Pastoral Co.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gooram Gong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wanalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 473, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 17 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	473
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 17 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 774.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1942

Top 20 records on 17 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1942	Goderich Township, CA	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Moira Pastoral Co., AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Gooram Gong, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Mount Magnet, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Wanalta, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Mount Forest, CA	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Knowsley Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Oneonta 1 S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Drouin Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Newstead, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Kew, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Warragul, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1942	Lucan, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	44 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1942. 1942 had 783 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 50	678
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1