Weather Records on 2 March 2017

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 2017. Highest significance: Pearce Raaf, AU.

Key Facts for 2 March 2017

On 2 March 2017, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
370 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 560 daily.
Pearce Raaf set a daily record precipitation of 29.8 mm (1.2 in) on 2 March 2017.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 2 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupalakua Rch 250	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cross Village 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Hospital 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Branch STN 324.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kerch	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Thompson Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
E Brimfield Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dansville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.1 C (111.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 2 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 2 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 2017

Top 20 records on 2 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 2017	Pearce Raaf, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2017	Tonghe, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2017	Dulan, CN	all-time rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	6 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2017	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	110 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Lingle 2WSW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Changchun, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Haverhill, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Beaver Is, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Middleboro, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	115 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Detour Village, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Cornwall, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Storrs, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2017	Addison, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	94 years	46 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

1802 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2017. 2017 had 565 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	437
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1