Weather Records on 17 May 1935

341 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1935. Highest significance: Pte de la Hague, FR.

Key Facts for 17 May 1935

On 17 May 1935, 341 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 338 daily.
Pte de la Hague set a daily record precipitation of 35.7 mm (1.4 in) on 17 May 1935.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

341 stations

341 station records on 17 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

341 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 17 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 17 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1935

Top 20 records on 17 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1935	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1935	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Milan, IT	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Coldwater, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Lowestoft, GB	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	San Antonio Nursery, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1935	Phaltan, IN	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	27 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1935. 1935 had 341 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 10	242
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4