Weather Records on 10 March 1997

1,360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1997. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 10 March 1997

On 10 March 1997, 1,360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
899 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,318 daily.
Fergus Falls set a daily record snow depth of 162.6 cm (64.0 in) on 10 March 1997.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,360 stations

1,360 station records on 10 March 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	162.6 cm (64.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Telegraph	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Mainero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Los Ramones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Mojada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chania	Greece	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harper 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hidalgo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Headquarters	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chaffee 5 NE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Atepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,360 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 600, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 299, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 59.

Records on 10 March 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	600
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	299
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	59

Records on 10 March 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 1,318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,139 broken records

Margins by which the 1,139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 915.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1997

Top 20 records on 10 March 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1997	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	162.6 cm (64.0 in)	91.5 cm (36.0 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Anahuac, MX	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	73 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Salinillas, MX	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Port Isabel, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Telegraph, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Columbus, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Sanderson, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1997	Osh, KG	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Mina, MX	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Cerralvo (Dge), MX	monthly rain	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Villa Mainero, MX	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Los Ramones, MX	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Goldthwaite 1 WSW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Brady, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Sierra Mojada, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Lampazos (Smn), MX	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1997	Brackettville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	49 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

1807 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1997. 1997 had 1,360 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	1,124
200 to 400	10
400 to 600	4
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1