Weather Records on 17 May 1925

326 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1925. Highest significance: Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re, AU.

Key Facts for 17 May 1925

On 17 May 1925, 326 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 323 daily.
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 17 May 1925.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

326 stations

326 station records on 17 May 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

326 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 May 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 May 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1925

Top 20 records on 17 May 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1925	Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1925	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1925	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1925	Uccle, BE	daily high max	29.3 C (84.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1925	Mardie, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1925	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Tekamah, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Granville, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Ekaterinburg, RU	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Bute (Ninnes), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Burlington, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Minto, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	St Helena Island, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Quatsino, CA	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1925	Hollister 1 SW, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	10 years	22 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

1802 to 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1925. 1925 had 326 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	231
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1