Weather Records on 17 March 1964

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1964. Highest significance: Newport Beach Harbor, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1964

On 17 March 1964, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 229 daily.
Newport Beach Harbor set a daily record high maximum temperature of 30.0 C (86.0 F) on 17 March 1964.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 17 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Consul	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shuswap Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drumheller	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leuctra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 17 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 17 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1964

Top 20 records on 17 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1964	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1964	Pomona/Fairplex, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1964	Salvador, BR	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1964	Angus, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1964	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1964	Laguna Beach, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	0.7 C (33.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Yorba Linda, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Yellow Grass, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Newport Beach Harbor, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Graz, AT	daily low min	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily low min	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Burkes Garden, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	U C L A, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Laguna Beach, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Newport, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Verhojansk, RU	daily high min	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1964	Viljujsk, RU	daily high min	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1964. 1964 had 241 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 50	192
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1