Weather Records on 17 August 1949

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1949. Highest significance: Wilsonville, US.

Key Facts for 17 August 1949

On 17 August 1949, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 364 daily.
Wilsonville set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 17 August 1949.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 17 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Byrdstown 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parsa	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 17 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1949

Top 20 records on 17 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1949	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 August 1949	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Haliyal, IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Auraiya, IN	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Minusinsk, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Smithfield, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Toccoa, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Byrdstown 1 W, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Parsa, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Santuck, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Dover 1 W, US	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Brucefield, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Barh, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Camden 1, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1949	Gainesville, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	34 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

1797 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1949. 1949 had 371 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	242
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1