Weather Records on 17 March 1947

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1947. Highest significance: Husum, DE.

Key Facts for 17 March 1947

On 17 March 1947, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
215 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 325 daily.
Husum set a daily record snow depth of 35.0 cm (13.8 in) on 17 March 1947.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 17 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mandakata	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deolapur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 17 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 17 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1947

Top 20 records on 17 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1947	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1947	Luakaha Lower 782, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1947	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1947	Carinhanha, BR	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1947	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Thursday Island Township, AU	monthly rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Arlington, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Cle Elum, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Ventersburg (Mag), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Steveston, CA	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Elsinore, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Albany 1 N, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1947	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	46 years	25 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1947. 1947 had 332 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	253
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1