Weather Records on 17 July 1954

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1954. Highest significance: Brocken, DE.

Key Facts for 17 July 1954

On 17 July 1954, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 501 daily.
Brocken set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 17 July 1954.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 17 July 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsu	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tonk	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Midvale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mandakata	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chechat	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 17 July 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1954 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1954

Top 20 records on 17 July 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1954	Brocken, DE	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Taipu, BR	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Bakani (Rallai), IN	daily rain	213.6 mm (8.4 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Kleve, DE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Chatsu, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Valley Head, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Chugwater, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Mt Vernon 3 SW, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1954	Muenster, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1954	Heber, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1954	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1954	Groot Constantia, ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1954	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1954	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 July 1954	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	29 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 517 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	366
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1