Weather Records on 17 March 1985

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1985. Highest significance: Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 1985

On 17 March 1985, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 655 daily.
Cape Schanck Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 17 March 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 17 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Nova Niagara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dona Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas de Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sodrelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St. Leonards (Lowfields)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liawenee Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itabera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darriman (Tarralangi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 46 W	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Needles Eye (Ventnor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abre Campo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 343, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 17 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	343
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 17 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

587 broken records

Margins by which the 587 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1985

Top 20 records on 17 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1985	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Tarwin Lower (Riverside), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Malelane, ZA	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Madalya, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Balliang East, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Fazenda Nova Niagara, BR	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Dona Catarina, BR	daily rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Aguas de Santa Barbara, BR	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Sodrelia, BR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	St. Leonards (Lowfields), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Port-Gentil, GA	daily rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Liawenee Hec, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1985	Tapachula (Dge), MX	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	43 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1985. 1985 had 662 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 50	564
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1