Weather Records on 17 March 1987

1,362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 1987. Highest significance: Chambers, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 1987

On 17 March 1987, 1,362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,249 daily.
Chambers set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 17 March 1987.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,362 stations

1,362 station records on 17 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Niobrara	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Quebradillas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mora Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchard 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	115.7 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City 6 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,362 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 743, Heaviest daily snowfall 107, Deepest snow cover 194.

Records on 17 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	743
Heaviest daily snowfall	107
Deepest snow cover	194

Records on 17 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 107, daily 1,249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,198 broken records

Margins by which the 1,198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 1987

Top 20 records on 17 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 1987	Chambers, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Armour, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Superior, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Minden, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	N Loup, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	White Lake, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Holdrege, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Niobrara, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Quebradillas, PR	all-time rain	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Wagner, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Mason City, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Mora Camp, PR	monthly rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Ewing, US	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Alexandria, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 March 1987	Isabela Substn, PR	monthly rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 1987	Lynch, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	59 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1987. 1987 had 1,362 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	1,091
50 to 100	77
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2