Weather Records on 17 March 1971

361 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1971. Highest significance: Ogdensburg 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1971

On 17 March 1971, 361 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 355 daily.
Ogdensburg 4 NE set a daily record snow depth of 76.2 cm (30.0 in) on 17 March 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

361 stations

361 station records on 17 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benedito Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St Elias	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karsakpaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tavda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamensk-Uralskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamyslov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

361 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 17 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 17 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1971

Top 20 records on 17 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Farson 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Cordova AP, US	daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Rock Springs, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Hermosa 3 SSW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Kendall, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Paisley, US	monthly low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Benedito Novo, BR	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Arco, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Lowville, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1971	Garden Valley, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1971	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1971	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1971	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1971	Lead, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1971	Morgan, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 1971	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	30 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1971. 1971 had 361 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 100	273
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1