Weather Records on 17 March 2025

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 2025. Highest significance: Emporia 1 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 2025

On 17 March 2025, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 700 daily.
Emporia 1 WNW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 108.5 mm (4.3 in) on 17 March 2025.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 17 March 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cottage Grove Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lookingglass	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lost Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Knoll W C	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ocracoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Poplars	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson Winery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bend 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Odell Lake-East	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wolverine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manteo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westhampton Gabreski AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jalo	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 226, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 17 March 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	226
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 17 March 2025 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 700.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

628 broken records

Margins by which the 628 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 2025

Top 20 records on 17 March 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 2025	Emporia 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2025	Cottage Grove Dam, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Winchester, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Belknap Springs 8 N, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Green Springs Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Dallas 2 NE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Lookingglass, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Lost Creek Dam, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Parker Peak, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Campina Grande, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Roanoke Rapids, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Oak Knoll W C, US	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Ocracoke, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	The Poplars, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Ft Kent, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	130 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2025	Cedar Is, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	45 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 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2025. 2025 had 722 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 20	586
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1