Weather Records on 17 July 1959

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1959. Highest significance: Seymour (Mag), ZA.

Key Facts for 17 July 1959

On 17 July 1959, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 604 daily.
Seymour (Mag) set a daily record precipitation of 72.5 mm (2.9 in) on 17 July 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 17 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silverdales	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oukraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Groothoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indlunkulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort C/K	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 461.

Records on 17 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	461
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 604.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1959

Top 20 records on 17 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1959	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1959	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1959	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1959	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1959	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Chidavaram, IN	monthly rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Fountain Head, ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Rockford, ZA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Waterfall, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Malakapuram, IN	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Mqanduli (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Kubusie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Narsipatnam, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Springvalley, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1959	Bethesdaweg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	47 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 631 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	482
20 to 40	70
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3