Weather Records on 17 March 1961

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1961. Highest significance: Miami, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1961

On 17 March 1961, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 659 daily.
Miami set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 17 March 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 17 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ione	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.2 mm (7.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ione	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 17 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 17 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1961

Top 20 records on 17 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1961	Miami, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1961	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Angola, US	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Beaver, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Minneola, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Clarendon, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Paradis 7 S, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Arnett 3NE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Ashland, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Melrose, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Corsicana, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1961	Supply 1 E, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1961. 1961 had 679 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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Data for records on 1961-03-17: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	556
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1