Weather Records on 17 August 1942

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1942. Highest significance: Menard, US.

Key Facts for 17 August 1942

On 17 August 1942, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 451 daily.
Menard set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 17 August 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 17 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alwar	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angai	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chand	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sanehighat	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1942

Top 20 records on 17 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1942	Menard, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Alwar, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	102.7 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Mandawar, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Sirmuthra, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Suri, IN	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Beberu, IN	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Unnao, IN	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Cortland, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Bikram, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Ageon, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	St Georges, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Indus, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Storrs, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Rugby, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Angai, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Ephrata, US	all-time rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1942	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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

1797 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 461 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

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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	291
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	4