Weather Records on 18 March 2017

1,183 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 2017. Highest significance: New Italy (Vineyard Haven), AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 2017

On 18 March 2017, 1,183 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
825 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,148 daily.
New Italy (Vineyard Haven) set a daily record precipitation of 83.2 mm (3.3 in) on 18 March 2017.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,183 stations

1,183 station records on 18 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Italy (Vineyard Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Inari Angeli	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dundee (Wattle Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Orama (Darkwood Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Duffys Forest (Namba Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.8 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nana Glen (Cowling Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saldenburg-Entschenreuth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toamasina	Madagascar	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooli Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hiva-Oa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwells Mills	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kahl/Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Benditi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,183 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 456, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 369, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 18 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	456
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	369
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 18 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 1,148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

983 broken records

Margins by which the 983 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 2017

Top 20 records on 18 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 2017	New Italy (Vineyard Haven), AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	111 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2017	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2017	Inari Angeli, FI	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2017	Dundee (Wattle Dale), AU	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2017	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2017	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Orama (Darkwood Road), AU	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Duffys Forest (Namba Rd), AU	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	155.8 mm (6.1 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Nana Glen (Cowling Close), AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Belle Fourche, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Meldrum (Coolawarrah), AU	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Koror, PW	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Dolisie, CG	daily low min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Saentis, CH	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2017	Great Falls 16St, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	107 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

1806 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2017. 2017 had 1,183 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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 50	956
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1