Weather Records on 17 March 1967

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1967. Highest significance: Patiala Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 17 March 1967

On 17 March 1967, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 330 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 839 daily.
Patiala Obsy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 140.0 mm (5.5 in) on 17 March 1967.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 17 March 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Patiala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pixore de Baixo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kuakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kankey	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taboleiro Do Meio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ontonagon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oliveira Dos Brejinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 17 March 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 17 March 1967 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1967

Top 20 records on 17 March 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1967	Patiala Obsy, IN	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	63 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1967	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1967	Bom Jesus da Lapa, BR	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Pixore de Baixo, BR	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Baddeck, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Baloda Bazar, IN	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Angurugu, AU	daily rain	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Saint John, CA	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Houlton, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Kuakhera, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Contest, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Dorset, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Mungeli, IN	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Peterboro 2 S, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Kankey, IN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1967	Toms River, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	73 years	37 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1967. 1967 had 856 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	620
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	1