Weather Records on 27 March 2017

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 2017. Highest significance: Nakhon Ratchasima, TH.

Key Facts for 27 March 2017

On 27 March 2017, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 433 daily.
Nakhon Ratchasima set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 27 March 2017.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 27 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Cheetham Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickerson Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hole-in-Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gove Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kayes/Dag-Dag	Mali	Record high minimum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chalk Creek #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxelosund	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Craters of the Moon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Packwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lemland Nyhamn	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milford Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record low minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gassaway	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lily Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prastkulla	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eggegrund	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 2017

Top 20 records on 27 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 2017	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Bowen Cheetham Salt, AU	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Fossil, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Kurgan-Tyube, TJ	all-time rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Hickerson Park, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Flagler 1S, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Boaz, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	114 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Hole-in-Rock, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Argyle Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Gatesville, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Gove Airport, AU	daily high min	27.7 C (81.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Stuttgart 9 ESE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Kayes/Dag-Dag, ML	monthly high min	34.6 C (94.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily high max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Marshall, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2017	Hillston Airport, AU	daily high max	41.0 C (105.8 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 2017	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72 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 463 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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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 20	341
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1