Weather Records on 17 October 2001

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 2001. Highest significance: Majuro Wbas AP, MH.

Key Facts for 17 October 2001

On 17 October 2001, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 490 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 862 daily.
Majuro Wbas AP set a daily record precipitation of 137.4 mm (5.4 in) on 17 October 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 17 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jaltipan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Talea de Castro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belisario Dominguez I	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meteor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 239, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 251, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	239
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	251
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 862.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 2001

Top 20 records on 17 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 2001	Majuro Wbas AP, MH	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Yale 1 NNW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Williamston 3NE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Jaltipan de Morelos, MX	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Lapeer Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Galesburg, US	monthly low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	17.1 C (62.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	New Braunfels, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Sewanee, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Hohenwald, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Junction 4SSW, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	monthly high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Jennings, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Kosciusko, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Sewanee, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2001	Asheville, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	41 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 878 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	569
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2