Weather Records on 17 March 1952

527 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1952. Highest significance: Maryborough, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1952

On 17 March 1952, 527 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 515 daily.
Maryborough set a monthly record daily precipitation of 344.4 mm (13.6 in) on 17 March 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

527 stations

527 station records on 17 March 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	344.4 mm (13.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaisalotan	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladysvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkanika	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

527 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 17 March 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 17 March 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1952

Top 20 records on 17 March 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1952	Maryborough, AU	monthly rain	344.4 mm (13.6 in)	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	51 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1952	Colton Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1952	Ungowa Forest Station, AU	monthly rain	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Alliance 1WNW, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Howard Post Office, AU	monthly rain	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Torrington Exp Farm, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	135.3 mm (5.3 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Jaley, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Purnea, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1952	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	46 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1952. 1952 had 527 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	438
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1