Weather Records on 17 April 1933

261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1933. Highest significance: Setif, DZ.

Key Facts for 17 April 1933

On 17 April 1933, 261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 256 daily.
Setif set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 17 April 1933.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

261 stations

261 station records on 17 April 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Creek Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

261 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 17 April 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 April 1933 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1933

Top 20 records on 17 April 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1933	Setif, DZ	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1933	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1933	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1933	Ephrata, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1933	Quakertown, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1933	Upper Tract, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1933	Ft Pierce, US	all-time rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1933	Harvey Creek Railway STN, AU	daily rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Loukahi, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Purnea, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Chatham, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Anchorage, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Paterson, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1933	Beaufort, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	25 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

1799 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1933. 1933 had 261 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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	204
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1