Weather Records on 17 May 1944

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1944. Highest significance: Spicer, US.

Key Facts for 17 May 1944

On 17 May 1944, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 513 daily.
Spicer set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 17 May 1944.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 17 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Government Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uri	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1944

Top 20 records on 17 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1944	Spicer, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1944	The Pines, AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Poonch, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Chatham, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Spicer, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Harrison, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Government Creek, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Milaca, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Kotli, PK	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Steamboat Springs, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Dargo, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Alpine, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1944	Fernbank, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1944	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1944	Provincetown 3 NW, US	monthly low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	32 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1944. 1944 had 521 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 25	377
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1