Weather Records on 17 May 1932

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1932. Highest significance: Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU.

Key Facts for 17 May 1932

On 17 May 1932, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 275 daily.
Cloncurry McIllwraith St set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 17 May 1932.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 17 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	258.1 mm (10.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
William Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 275.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1932

Top 20 records on 17 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1932	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1932	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Diamantina Lakes, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Biloxi, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Reserve, US	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Kynuna, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Llanrheidol Station, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Virudhunagar, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Bay Saint Louis, US	all-time rain	258.1 mm (10.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Karambakkudi, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1932	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1932	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1932	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1932	Hosanagar, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1932	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1932	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1932	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	35 years	29 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1932. 1932 had 288 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	216
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1