Weather Records on 17 July 1924

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1924. Highest significance: Lake, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 1924

On 17 July 1924, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 163 daily.
Lake set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 17 July 1924.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 17 July 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cornish	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 47.

Records on 17 July 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 163.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

129 broken records

Margins by which the 129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1924

Top 20 records on 17 July 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1924	Lake, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1924	Medicine Lodge, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1924	Eastport, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1924	St Joseph, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1924	Portland, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1924	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Southampton, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Cornish, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Conception, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Oxford, GB	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Stratford, CA	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Amite, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1924	Kansas City, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 165 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	115
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1