Weather Records on 28 March 2017

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2017. Highest significance: Tipton 4S Mesonet, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 2017

On 28 March 2017, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
348 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 491 daily.
Tipton 4S Mesonet set a monthly record daily precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 28 March 2017.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 28 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.0 mm (8.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bowen Cheetham Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Garden City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton-Sherman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mystery Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boys Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.9 C (109.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Church Buttes Gas Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dangar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orkabie West Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 179.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 2017

Top 20 records on 28 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2017	Tipton 4S Mesonet, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Nebo, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Hardy, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	108 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Minatare Dam (Usbr), US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Hugoton, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	226.0 mm (8.9 in)	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Bowen Cheetham Salt, AU	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	179.7 mm (7.1 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2017	Garden City Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Broome Airport, AU	daily rain	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Innisfail, AU	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Bridgeport, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	111 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Manila, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Hutchinson Muni AP, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Clinton-Sherman AP, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Gage AP, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Tallulah, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2017	Cairns Aero, AU	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	43 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

1805 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2017. 2017 had 516 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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 25	387
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1