Weather Records on 31 March 2017

1,423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 2017. Highest significance: Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU.

Key Facts for 31 March 2017

On 31 March 2017, 1,423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
718 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 177 monthly and 1,234 daily.
Rosewood Walloon Rd set a daily record precipitation of 144.0 mm (5.7 in) on 31 March 2017.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

1,423 stations

1,423 station records on 31 March 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lumeah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	297.0 mm (11.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	384.0 mm (15.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Chillingham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	507.0 mm (20.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Canungra Finch Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	311.8 mm (12.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Urbenville Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Brays Creek (Misty Mountain)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	339.0 mm (13.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maclean Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.0 mm (9.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Numinbah State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oxley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.6 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Townsend Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Highvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Murwillumbah (Taleswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.4 mm (10.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Green Pigeon (Morning View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Caltex Refineries (Qld) Ltd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	500.0 mm (19.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chillingham (Limpinwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	438.0 mm (17.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wunburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	422.0 mm (16.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elanora Water Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barney	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maroon Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tubuai	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,423 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 402, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 316, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 608, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 31 March 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	402
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	316
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	608
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 31 March 2017 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 177, daily 1,234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,294 broken records

Margins by which the 1,294 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 2017

Top 20 records on 31 March 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 2017	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 March 2017	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 March 2017	Lumeah, AU	all-time rain	297.0 mm (11.7 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	76 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Nimbin Post Office, AU	monthly rain	384.0 mm (15.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Chillingham, AU	all-time rain	507.0 mm (20.0 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	27 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Canungra Finch Road, AU	monthly rain	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	64 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Harrisville Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Rosevale, AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Pavillion, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Coraki Post Office, AU	all-time rain	311.8 mm (12.3 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Archerfield Airport, AU	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Urbenville Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Ibapah, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Samsonvale, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Silchar, IN	daily rain	242.1 mm (9.5 in)	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Brays Creek (Misty Mountain), AU	monthly rain	339.0 mm (13.3 in)	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Moogerah Dam, AU	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 2017	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)

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

1808 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2017. 2017 had 1,423 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

Download the Data

Data for records on 2017-03-31: 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 50	1,213
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	5