Weather Records on 23 March 1977

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1977. Highest significance: Cooperstown, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1977

On 23 March 1977, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 594 daily.
Cooperstown set a daily record snowfall of 41.7 cm (16.4 in) on 23 March 1977.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 23 March 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjal Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Keats Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 118, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 March 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	118
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 March 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 463.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1977

Top 20 records on 23 March 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1977	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	41.7 cm (16.4 in)	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1977	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1977	Carmel, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1977	Newton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1977	Sterling, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1977	Keene, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	46.3 cm (18.2 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Eastport, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Heath, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Ashburnham, US	daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Oswego, US	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Laranjal Paulista, BR	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Canoe Brook, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Rouxville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Pleasantville, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1977	Gardner, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22 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

1796 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1977. 1977 had 642 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1977-03-23: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 March 1977
Margin	Records
0 to 100	511
100 to 200	42
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	2