Weather Records on 17 March 1957

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1957. Highest significance: Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1957

On 17 March 1957, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 315 daily.
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 17 March 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 17 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inyoko	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1957

Top 20 records on 17 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1957	Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat, AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Sealy, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Brumado, BR	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Brocken, DE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	monthly rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Sanklespur, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Hot Springs, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Rosenberg, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Twin Peaks, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Vryheid, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Ituacu, BR	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Kumsi, IN	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Alvin, US	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1957	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	54 years	36 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1957. 1957 had 327 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	253
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1