Weather Records on 17 July 1971

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1971. Highest significance: Binya Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 July 1971

On 17 July 1971, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 773 daily.
Binya Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 17 July 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 17 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Barellan (Rodmell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chaval	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leeton Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Igarka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yenda (Henry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aguiar da Beira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Ulupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Regulator	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Boonongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riachao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irvingdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbata Cooma St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reform	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 444, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	444
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

684 broken records

Margins by which the 684 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1971

Top 20 records on 17 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1971	Binya Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1971	Barellan (Rodmell), AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1971	A Coruna, ES	monthly rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1971	Rankins Springs, AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Binya (Merribee), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Tingha Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Chaval, BR	monthly rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Braeside, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Leeton Caravan Park, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Tierra Blanca (Smn), MX	daily rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Igarka, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Yenda (Henry Street), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Delungra Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Aguiar da Beira, PT	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1971	Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	46 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 790 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 100	682
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1