Weather Records on 26 March 2017

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 2017. Highest significance: Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN.

Key Facts for 26 March 2017

On 26 March 2017, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 407 daily.
Wu Lu Mu Qi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 26 March 2017.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 26 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pendzhikent	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Labuan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McTaggarts	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
California	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.7 C (110.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harsfjarden	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gove Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helsinki Ilmala	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oxelosund	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm-Bromma	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yongala	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Djambala	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eggegrund	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 2017

Top 20 records on 26 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 2017	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2017	Lampang, TH	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2017	Pendzhikent, TJ	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Quelimane, MZ	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge), MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Gull Lake Biological STN, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Suphan Buri, TH	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Labuan, MY	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	McTaggarts, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Cerro, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Rison, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	California, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Gladwin, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	London State Fish Hatchery, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2017	Oodnadatta Airport, AU	daily high max	43.7 C (110.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 2017	Kyancutta, AU	daily high max	42.5 C (108.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1805 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2017. 2017 had 430 records.

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

Records on 03-26 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1837	1
1843	1
1850	1
1862	2
1865	1
1867	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1892	5
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	6
1897	5
1898	1
1899	3
1901	12
1902	17
1903	18
1904	29
1905	23
1906	20
1907	21
1908	16
1909	21
1910	29
1911	13
1912	33
1913	123
1914	49
1915	16
1916	27
1917	54
1918	60
1919	45
1920	81
1921	79
1922	45
1923	129
1924	115
1925	123
1926	144
1927	75
1928	456
1929	281
1930	376
1931	234
1932	279
1933	102
1934	289
1935	311
1936	269
1937	806
1938	341
1939	310
1940	1,032
1941	366
1942	316
1943	341
1944	437
1945	852
1946	885
1947	619
1948	325
1949	585
1950	458
1951	777
1952	283
1953	482
1954	304
1955	1,914
1956	829
1957	251
1958	314
1959	435
1960	1,067
1961	486
1962	330
1963	497
1964	898
1965	1,063
1966	306
1967	538
1968	562
1969	593
1970	368
1971	1,502
1972	634
1973	522
1974	691
1975	859
1976	567
1977	626
1978	1,008
1979	677
1980	459
1981	824
1982	736
1983	1,199
1984	594
1985	860
1986	634
1987	741
1988	1,094
1989	1,031
1990	871
1991	1,705
1992	642
1993	966
1994	707
1995	1,374
1996	1,372
1997	1,298
1998	1,305
1999	867
2000	601
2001	1,383
2002	1,092
2003	746
2004	1,511
2005	776
2006	949
2007	1,976
2008	1,161
2009	754
2010	717
2011	691
2012	945
2013	1,759
2014	1,048
2015	846
2016	463
2017	430
2018	693
2019	364
2020	812
2021	778
2022	1,281
2023	1,817
2024	780
2025	1,860
2026	1,809

Download the Data

Data for records on 2017-03-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	347
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1