Weather Records on 17 March 1982

1,315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1982. Highest significance: Lytle Creek Rs, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1982

On 17 March 1982, 1,315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
584 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,267 daily.
Lytle Creek Rs set a daily record precipitation of 172.7 mm (6.8 in) on 17 March 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,315 stations

1,315 station records on 17 March 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lytle Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atilio Vivacqua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guaratingueta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Pines Park Fc83B	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Philadelphia 1 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aparecida	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Escobas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tijuana	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,315 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 297, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 483, Heaviest daily snowfall 114, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 17 March 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	297
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	483
Heaviest daily snowfall	114
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 17 March 1982 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 45, daily 1,267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,043 broken records

Margins by which the 1,043 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1982

Top 20 records on 17 March 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1982	Lytle Creek Rs, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1982	Manley Hot Springs, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Tocumwal Airport, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Walbundrie (Crediton Street), AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Randsburg, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	San Diego Intl AP, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	McGrath AP, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Atilio Vivacqua, BR	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Guaratingueta, BR	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Pickle Lake (Aut), CA	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Belltower, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Manley Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Dover Dam, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Big Pines Park Fc83B, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Nitta Yuma, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	New Philadelphia 1 A, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1982	Aparecida, BR	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	40 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1982. 1982 had 1,315 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	948
25 to 50	51
50 to 75	23
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2