Weather Records on 17 April 1982

965 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1982. Highest significance: Mansfield 4 NW, US.

Key Facts for 17 April 1982

On 17 April 1982, 965 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
397 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 943 daily.
Mansfield 4 NW set a daily record precipitation of 102.1 mm (4.0 in) on 17 April 1982.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

965 stations

965 station records on 17 April 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	342.9 mm (13.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ouro Branco (Manairama)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arizona	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coaticook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro Do Suacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stanstead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

965 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 266, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 17 April 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	266
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 17 April 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 943.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1982

Top 20 records on 17 April 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1982	Mansfield 4 NW, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1982	Cotonou, BJ	all-time rain	342.9 mm (13.5 in)	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	6 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1982	Beardstown, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 April 1982	Springfield Exp STN, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Balasore, IN	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Rantoul, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Bison, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Dialville 2 W, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Abercorn, CA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Ouro Branco (Manairama), BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Bloomington Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Arizona, BR	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Morgan 1 W, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Minonk, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Paris 3 ESE, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1982	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	44 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

1799 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1982. 1982 had 965 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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 50	786
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1