Weather Records on 14 March 1977

827 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1977. Highest significance: Belfast, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 1977

On 14 March 1977, 827 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
375 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 800 daily.
Belfast set a daily record precipitation of 83.3 mm (3.3 in) on 14 March 1977.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

827 stations

827 station records on 14 March 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Horda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cotswold Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goedgeloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Churchill A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edgartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Rumney	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

827 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 14 March 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 14 March 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 800.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1977

Top 20 records on 14 March 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1977	Belfast, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1977	Newton, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1977	Lewiston, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1977	Cornwall, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1977	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	daily rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1977	Gardiner, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Frankfort Lock 19, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Horda, SE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Cotswold Hills, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Cressy House, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Chittenden, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Farmington, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Heath, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Massabesic Lake, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Hardwick, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1977	Amatikulu(Mill), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	45 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

1810 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1977. 1977 had 827 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

Download the Data

Data for records on 1977-03-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	623
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1