Weather Records on 17 March 2024

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 2024. Highest significance: Low Isles Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 17 March 2024

On 17 March 2024, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
496 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 637 daily.
Low Isles Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 243.0 mm (9.6 in) on 17 March 2024.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

668 stations

668 station records on 17 March 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record snow depth	114.0 cm (44.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tipperary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coulee Dam 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Es Senia	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soria	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mazama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moundou	Chad	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Menara	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poteet	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 277, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 17 March 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	277
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 17 March 2024 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 2024

Top 20 records on 17 March 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 2024	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	110 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2024	Aparan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2024	Nadi Airport, FJ	daily rain	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	139.3 mm (5.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Mountainair, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Lake George 8 SW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Painesville 4 NW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Colville, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	110 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Startup 1 E, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Tunhovd, NO	all-time snow depth	114.0 cm (44.9 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Bremerton, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	124 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Tipperary, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Lakefield National Park, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Middleboro, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	125 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Kelly Rch, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2024	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	40 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2024. 2024 had 668 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	549
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1