Weather Records on 17 May 1941

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1941. Highest significance: Olympia Priest Pt Park, US.

Key Facts for 17 May 1941

On 17 May 1941, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 403 daily.
Olympia Priest Pt Park set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 17 May 1941.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 17 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 403.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1941

Top 20 records on 17 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1941	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Pickens 1, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Cairo 3 S, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Khajauli, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Durg(Drug), IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Circleville, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	St Marys, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Golconda River, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1941	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1941	Lost Creek Near, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1941	Mannington 1 N, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1941	Galway, IE	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1941	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	58 years	33 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1941. 1941 had 408 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 100	329
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1