Weather Records on 17 October 1952

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1952. Highest significance: Aiea Fld 764A, US.

Key Facts for 17 October 1952

On 17 October 1952, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 288 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 470 daily.
Aiea Fld 764A set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 17 October 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 17 October 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kawailoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 242, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	242
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1952

Top 20 records on 17 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1952	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1952	Sathenapalli, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1952	Sheboygan, US	monthly snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1952	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1952	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1952	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Grand River Lock, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily high max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily high max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	32.7 C (90.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	New London, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Kawailoa, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1952	Khandala, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	28 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 474 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	323
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1