Weather Records on 17 March 1965

1,115 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1965. Highest significance: Collegeville St John's, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1965

On 17 March 1965, 1,115 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 467 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 1,104 daily.
Collegeville St John's set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 17 March 1965.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,115 stations

1,115 station records on 17 March 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	59.9 cm (23.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,115 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 285, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 182, Heaviest daily rainfall 371, Heaviest daily snowfall 225, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 17 March 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	285
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	182
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	225
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 17 March 1965 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 1,104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

983 broken records

Margins by which the 983 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1965

Top 20 records on 17 March 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1965	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1965	Collegeville St John's, US	all-time snowfall	59.9 cm (23.6 in)	12.1 cm (4.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1965	Bayfield 6 N, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1965	Aurora, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1965	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1965	Hampton, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1965	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1965	Lebo, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Alma, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Sanborn, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Waukegan, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Elgin Water, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Mora, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Mora, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Two Harbors, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1965	Corning, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	50 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1965. 1965 had 1,115 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	868
50 to 100	66
100 to 150	24
150 to 200	17
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1