Weather Records on 17 July 1950

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1950. Highest significance: Loretto, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 1950

On 17 July 1950, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 629 daily.
Loretto set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 17 July 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 17 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	341.4 mm (13.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gopiballabhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	273.6 mm (10.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 429.

Records on 17 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	429
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1950

Top 20 records on 17 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1950	Loretto, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Coondapur, IN	daily rain	341.4 mm (13.4 in)	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Chernjaevo, RU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Minonk, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Red Oak, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	East Lansing Exp Farm, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Galesburg, US	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Unionville, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Summer Hill, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Rivertree (Myall), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1950	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	44 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

1793 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 645 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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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	451
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1