Weather Records on 17 July 1951

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1951. Highest significance: Zagreb-Gric, HR.

Key Facts for 17 July 1951

On 17 July 1951, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 347 daily.
Zagreb-Gric set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 17 July 1951.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 17 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burrendong (Pine Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 17 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 5, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1951

Top 20 records on 17 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1951	Zagreb-Gric, HR	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1951	Greencastle 1 W, US	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Sindkheda, IN	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Texas Station, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Bhusaval Sr, IN	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Sunny Corner (Snow Line), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Pachamba, IN	monthly rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Riksgransen, SE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Shrigonda, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Stuart Mill State School, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Maragle Station, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Minsk, BY	all-time high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Paulo Afonso, BR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Napoleon, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Shirpur, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1951	Amalner, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	36 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 356 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	261
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1