Weather Records on 17 March 2020

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 2020. Highest significance: Moloaa 1145, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 2020

On 17 March 2020, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 444 daily.
Moloaa 1145 set a daily record precipitation of 163.3 mm (6.4 in) on 17 March 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 17 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hechi	China	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Branch Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	200.0 cm (78.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kitale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific House	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wildcat	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamenskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garissa	Kenya	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 17 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 17 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 March 2020

Top 20 records on 17 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 2020	Moloaa 1145, US	daily rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2020	Hechi, CN	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Zaragoza, ES	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Adin Rs, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Susanville 2SW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Lihue WSO AP 1020.1, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Ft Bidwell, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	N Fk Rs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Almaty, KZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Los Banos, US	monthly low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Auburn, US	monthly low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Auburn, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Bend, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	monthly rain	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Portland, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Muleshoe #1, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2020	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2 years	35 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2020. 2020 had 454 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 100	370
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1