Weather Records on 17 April 1947

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1947. Highest significance: Junagadh, IN.

Key Facts for 17 April 1947

On 17 April 1947, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 423 daily.
Junagadh set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 17 April 1947.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 17 April 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurla	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaira	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogha	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 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 April 1947

Top 20 records on 17 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1947	Junagadh, IN	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1947	Ankleshwar, IN	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1947	Jafrabad, IN	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1947	Dhoraji, IN	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1947	Veraval, IN	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Jasdan, IN	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Mahua, IN	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Jarrahdale, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Biddelia, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Serpentine, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Kurla, IN	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Nominingue, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Mandangad, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Songadh, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Rajkot, IN	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Roha, IN	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Kaira, IN	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Wadhwan, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1947	Dapoli, IN	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	37 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

1799 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1947. 1947 had 461 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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	363
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1