Weather Records on 9 March 2017

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 2017. Highest significance: Nezperce, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 2017

On 9 March 2017, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 649 daily.
Nezperce set a daily record snowfall of 21.1 cm (8.3 in) on 9 March 2017.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 9 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nezperce	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pomeroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valke-Maarja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Lake Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Base Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darkhorse Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lennep 5 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Younts Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Werrington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jambin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palma de Mallorca Cmt	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsall 8 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nez Perce Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Two Ocean Plateau	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Valley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Palma/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 9 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 9 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 649.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 2017

Top 20 records on 9 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 2017	Nezperce, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2017	Elliston, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2017	Pomeroy, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2017	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2017	Valke-Maarja, EE	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	99 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Attenkam, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Fenn Rs, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Hardin, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Lewis Lake Divide, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Trostberg, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Columbus, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Base Camp, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Darkhorse Lake, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Lennep 5 SW, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	White Mill, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Younts Peak, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2017	Wessington 2SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	87 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

1798 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2017. 2017 had 678 records.

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

Records on 03-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1807	1
1808	2
1811	3
1813	2
1814	1
1815	1
1824	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1855	1
1858	1
1860	1
1862	2
1863	2
1864	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	6
1893	6
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1901	3
1902	9
1903	29
1904	8
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	36
1909	14
1910	21
1911	35
1912	25
1913	100
1914	66
1915	39
1916	53
1917	52
1918	32
1919	57
1920	23
1921	89
1922	31
1923	148
1924	104
1925	211
1926	133
1927	107
1928	187
1929	210
1930	114
1931	387
1932	1,604
1933	136
1934	266
1935	288
1936	350
1937	172
1938	209
1939	400
1940	263
1941	366
1942	453
1943	679
1944	685
1945	107
1946	249
1947	249
1948	857
1949	436
1950	382
1951	777
1952	266
1953	338
1954	689
1955	629
1956	452
1957	547
1958	534
1959	138
1960	1,155
1961	416
1962	552
1963	349
1964	1,148
1965	305
1966	478
1967	731
1968	771
1969	858
1970	403
1971	457
1972	957
1973	930
1974	1,694
1975	639
1976	635
1977	1,418
1978	952
1979	856
1980	444
1981	1,199
1982	879
1983	996
1984	1,365
1985	710
1986	965
1987	1,043
1988	743
1989	1,504
1990	1,140
1991	447
1992	1,377
1993	658
1994	1,897
1995	1,910
1996	3,236
1997	759
1998	1,710
1999	1,369
2000	2,384
2001	838
2002	1,514
2003	1,120
2004	1,162
2005	937
2006	1,129
2007	634
2008	1,201
2009	1,110
2010	1,409
2011	958
2012	909
2013	1,015
2014	982
2015	655
2016	1,285
2017	678
2018	435
2019	901
2020	759
2021	746
2022	1,209
2023	1,119
2024	536
2025	656
2026	1,050

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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	526
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1