Weather Records on 17 October 1933

190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1933. Highest significance: Sagar Island, IN.

Key Facts for 17 October 1933

On 17 October 1933, 190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 189 daily.
Sagar Island set a monthly record daily precipitation of 321.6 mm (12.7 in) on 17 October 1933.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

190 stations

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

Weather records on 17 October 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	321.6 mm (12.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jallesore	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Creek Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

190 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 October 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 October 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

173 broken records

Margins by which the 173 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1933

Top 20 records on 17 October 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1933	Sagar Island, IN	monthly rain	321.6 mm (12.7 in)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1933	Contai, IN	daily rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1933	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1933	Budge Budge, IN	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1933	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1933	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1933	Tadpatri, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Panskura, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Giddalore, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Belthangady, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Howrah, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Uluberia, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Mathabhanga, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	W Pt, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Culvers Lake, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Panki, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1933	Dantan, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 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

1793 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 190 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	137
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2