Weather Records on 17 March 1980

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1980. Highest significance: Tsolo, ZA.

Key Facts for 17 March 1980

On 17 March 1980, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 644 daily.
Tsolo set a daily record precipitation of 120.5 mm (4.7 in) on 17 March 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 17 March 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	397.8 mm (15.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hodges	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ookala 223	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Minas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Comercio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richwoods	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Orizatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vance 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lambert 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 372, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 17 March 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	372
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 17 March 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 644.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1980

Top 20 records on 17 March 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1980	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Hilo Intl AP 87, US	monthly rain	397.8 mm (15.7 in)	217.5 mm (8.6 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Hodges, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Moscow, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Hickory Flat, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Highlands, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Rantoul, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Picayune, US	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Booneville, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Lake Cormorant, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Ripley, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Ookala 223, US	monthly rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Guntersville, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Coffeeville, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	New Albany, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1980	Versamelhoek, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 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

1825 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1980. 1980 had 658 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	558
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1