Weather Records on 17 March 2010

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 2010. Highest significance: Anadyr, RU.

Key Facts for 17 March 2010

On 17 March 2010, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 556 daily.
Anadyr set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 17 March 2010.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

584 stations

584 station records on 17 March 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Tejas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gurabo Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aransas Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waikoloa 95.8	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dzibalchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunhuang	China	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gonzalez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Chimalapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyala	Sudan	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adiake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zihualtepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Satenas	Sweden	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zahedan	Iran	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tulum	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatotolapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oasis Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Underkhaan	Mongolia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teloloapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Immokalee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Evangelista (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 17 March 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 17 March 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 556.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 2010

Top 20 records on 17 March 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 2010	Anadyr, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	San Antonio Tejas, MX	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Gurabo Substn, PR	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Aransas Wr, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Albany, AU	daily low min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Mancos 1SW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe), MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Waikoloa 95.8, US	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Ashburton Downs, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Dzibalchen, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Chiconautla, MX	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2010	Medio Monte, MX	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 2010	Bjorheim I Ryfylke, NO	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 2010	Eastport, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 March 2010	X-Pichil, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2010. 2010 had 584 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	421
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3