Weather Records on 17 March 2017

847 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 2017. Highest significance: Krambach (Bellevue), AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 2017

On 17 March 2017, 847 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 835 daily.
Krambach (Bellevue) set a daily record precipitation of 106.0 mm (4.2 in) on 17 March 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

847 stations

847 station records on 17 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (the Pie Shop)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.6 mm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgundam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beltzville Dam	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windang Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley (Northcliffe Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Aux-Francais (Iles Kergu	France	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faulconbridge (St Georges Cres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Gap	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milanville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale (Cooyong Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

847 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 205, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 212, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 17 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	205
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	212
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 17 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 835.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 2017

Top 20 records on 17 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 2017	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2017	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2017	New London Lock #22, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Pingliang, CN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Robertson (the Pie Shop), AU	monthly rain	202.6 mm (8.0 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Port Jervis, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Ramgundam, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Austin #2, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	121 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Lough Navar Forest, GB	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Beltzville Dam, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Udon Thani, TH	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Windang Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Brisbane Aero, AU	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Berkeley (Northcliffe Drive), AU	daily rain	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2017	Titusville, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	42 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

1825 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2017. 2017 had 847 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	640
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1