Weather Records on 23 March 1997

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1997. Highest significance: Duaringa Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1997

On 23 March 1997, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 730 daily.
Duaringa Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 118.2 mm (4.7 in) on 23 March 1997.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 23 March 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lerma	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	475.0 mm (18.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goovigen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tannyfoil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ardurad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dunrobin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mascote	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tooloombah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rowanlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koombooloomba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.7 mm (8.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kantunilkin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.4 mm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bangassou	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 23 March 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 23 March 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1997

Top 20 records on 23 March 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1997	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1997	Peakvale Station, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1997	Baralaba Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1997	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1997	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1997	Lerma, MX	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1997	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	all-time rain	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	55.8 cm (22.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Deeral, AU	daily rain	475.0 mm (18.7 in)	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Boolburra, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Goovigen Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Tannyfoil, AU	monthly rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Carinya, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Wyalla, AU	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Agalega, MU	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Ardurad, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1997	Melmoth, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	49 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

1796 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1997. 1997 had 743 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1997-03-23: 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	575
200 to 400	16
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1