Weather Records on 17 August 1944

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1944. Highest significance: Akola, IN.

Key Facts for 17 August 1944

On 17 August 1944, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 501 daily.
Akola set an all-time record daily precipitation of 218.9 mm (8.6 in) on 17 August 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

531 stations

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

Weather records on 17 August 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crownpoint	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jambughoda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jambusar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amod	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 255.

Records on 17 August 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 1944 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 23, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1944

Top 20 records on 17 August 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1944	Akola, IN	all-time rain	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1944	Bhusaval Sr, IN	all-time rain	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1944	Edalabad, IN	monthly rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1944	Mahua, IN	monthly rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1944	Sakri, IN	all-time rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1944	Anjangaon, IN	monthly rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1944	Shirpur, IN	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1944	Welland, CA	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Sindkheda, IN	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Jamner, IN	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Dindori, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Amalner, IN	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Junnar, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Buldana, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Akot, IN	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Raver, IN	monthly rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Taloda, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Dhulia, IN	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Coraopolis Neville Is, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1944	Alirajpur/Rajpur, IN	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	13 years	47 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1944. 1944 had 531 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	362
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1