Weather Records on 17 August 1965

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1965. Highest significance: Fremantle, AU.

Key Facts for 17 August 1965

On 17 August 1965, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 631 daily.
Fremantle set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 17 August 1965.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

641 stations

641 station records on 17 August 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Chittering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leupp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 405.

Records on 17 August 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	405
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1965

Top 20 records on 17 August 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1965	Fremantle, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Coddington 1 E, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Agnes River, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Austin #2, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Sasvad, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Toora, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Huauchinango, MX	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Waurika, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	San Remo, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1965	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	67 years	40 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

1797 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1965. 1965 had 641 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	462
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4