Weather Records on 17 March 1976

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1976. Highest significance: Grindstone Island, CA.

Key Facts for 17 March 1976

On 17 March 1976, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 517 daily.
Grindstone Island set an all-time record daily snowfall of 97.5 cm (38.4 in) on 17 March 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 17 March 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	97.5 cm (38.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miramichi A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doaktown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Summerside A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miramichi A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	53.8 cm (21.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doaktown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summerside A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Assuncao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Edwards 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 97, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 17 March 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	97
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 17 March 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 570.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1976

Top 20 records on 17 March 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1976	Grindstone Island, CA	all-time snowfall	97.5 cm (38.4 in)	33.2 cm (13.1 in)	8 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1976	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Jackman, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Presque Isle, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Houlton, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Semjachik, RU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Elliot, ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Farmington, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Lawrence, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Moosehead, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Brassua Dam, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Hubbardston, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Chasm Falls, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Millinocket, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Stephenville A, CA	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Lawrence, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Miramichi A, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1976	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	21 years	41 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1976. 1976 had 534 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	369
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1