Weather Records on 3 March 2017

315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 2017. Highest significance: Libby 32 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 2017

On 3 March 2017, 315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 308 daily.
Libby 32 SSE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 3 March 2017.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

315 stations

315 station records on 3 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lizard Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sibiti	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lleida	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shannon	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Korkodon	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kystovka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.8 mm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orlik	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Squaw Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carneys Creek the Ranch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Manuel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ongerup	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Djambala	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tubuai	French Polynesia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

315 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 3 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 3 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 2017

Top 20 records on 3 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 2017	Libby 32 SSE, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2017	Dulan, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2017	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2017	Tonghe, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Springside, AU	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall), IE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Arka, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	M'Puoya, CG	daily low min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Halenanaho 1006, US	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Hiram, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Makaweli 965, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Gourdon, FR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Irkutsk, RU	daily high min	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Kilauea 1134, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Lingle 2WSW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2017	Lizard Island Resort, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	38 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

1804 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2017. 2017 had 315 records.

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

Records on 03-03 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	3
1846	3
1850	1
1851	2
1852	1
1853	1
1859	2
1862	2
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	2
1878	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	8
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1895	2
1896	6
1897	6
1898	4
1899	3
1900	9
1901	10
1902	8
1903	14
1904	9
1905	21
1906	24
1907	6
1908	7
1909	32
1910	6
1911	13
1912	73
1913	34
1914	24
1915	18
1916	36
1917	60
1918	61
1919	76
1920	56
1921	138
1922	56
1923	280
1924	83
1925	406
1926	152
1927	143
1928	79
1929	173
1930	203
1931	259
1932	279
1933	143
1934	504
1935	248
1936	265
1937	187
1938	455
1939	179
1940	300
1941	819
1942	454
1943	1,533
1944	366
1945	649
1946	530
1947	761
1948	449
1949	266
1950	780
1951	1,006
1952	810
1953	668
1954	480
1955	884
1956	669
1957	261
1958	247
1959	360
1960	2,276
1961	650
1962	568
1963	309
1964	794
1965	835
1966	949
1967	520
1968	697
1969	395
1970	705
1971	888
1972	1,141
1973	557
1974	1,849
1975	534
1976	1,611
1977	949
1978	1,504
1979	1,037
1980	1,741
1981	642
1982	968
1983	1,676
1984	378
1985	740
1986	987
1987	1,497
1988	1,081
1989	1,443
1990	775
1991	1,169
1992	1,354
1993	607
1994	1,574
1995	1,234
1996	693
1997	1,704
1998	957
1999	1,187
2000	1,049
2001	903
2002	1,880
2003	876
2004	778
2005	727
2006	604
2007	888
2008	917
2009	1,671
2010	685
2011	677
2012	866
2013	719
2014	2,301
2015	543
2016	545
2017	315
2018	516
2019	1,795
2020	678
2021	553
2022	962
2023	809
2024	1,359
2025	695
2026	970

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	274
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1