Weather Records on 11 March 1997

1,152 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1997. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 11 March 1997

On 11 March 1997, 1,152 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
768 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,115 daily.
Fergus Falls set a daily record snow depth of 154.9 cm (61.0 in) on 11 March 1997.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,152 stations

1,152 station records on 11 March 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	154.9 cm (61.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Icamole	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Los Uvalle	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heraklion	Greece	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Gonzalez Villarreal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Real de Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto de Valles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haliimaile 423	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,152 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 563, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 11 March 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	563
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 11 March 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 1,115.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

973 broken records

Margins by which the 973 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 838.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1997

Top 20 records on 11 March 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1997	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	154.9 cm (61.0 in)	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1997	Jhb-Norwood, ZA	monthly rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1997	Icamole, MX	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1997	Progreso, MX	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1997	Los Uvalle, MX	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Champagne (Naf), ZA	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Chula Vista, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Port Mansfield, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Heraklion, GR	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Missoula Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Francisco Gonzalez Villarreal, MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Paso Real de Guerrero, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Victoria Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Laredo 2, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Iturbide, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Brownsville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	San Nicolas, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Weslaco, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1997	Falun, SE	daily high max	11.9 C (53.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	96 years	44 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

1793 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,152 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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Data for records on 1997-03-11: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	963
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1