Weather Records on 17 August 1950

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1950. Highest significance: Buderim Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 August 1950

On 17 August 1950, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 512 daily.
Buderim Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 17 August 1950.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

522 stations

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

Weather records on 17 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 231.

Records on 17 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1950

Top 20 records on 17 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1950	Buderim Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Homestead 985, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Halle, DE	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Gollhofen, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Uccle, BE	daily low min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Dasuya, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Haskell, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Ulan-Ude, RU	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Alexandria, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Benipatti, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1950	Hugoton, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1950	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1950	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1950	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 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

1797 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1950. 1950 had 522 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	386
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2