Weather Records on 23 March 2017

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 2017. Highest significance: Aparan, AM.

Key Facts for 23 March 2017

On 23 March 2017, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 713 daily.
Aparan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 23 March 2017.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

739 stations

739 station records on 23 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salt Lake City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Arnold	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Deseret	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Loomberah (Pendene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan (Ravencroft)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Angullong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denbarker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Tarana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 23 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 23 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

612 broken records

Margins by which the 612 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 2017

Top 20 records on 23 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 2017	Aparan, AM	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	79 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Tooele, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	79 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	103 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	103 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Bunnan (Milhaven), AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	118 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Salt Lake City Intl AP, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Arnold, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2017	Deseret, US	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Randolph, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Curlewis Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Lockhart Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	110 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Loomberah (Pendene), AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Dungowan (Ravencroft), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Waterville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2017	Mandora, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	48 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

1796 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2017. 2017 had 739 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 2017-03-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	578
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1