Weather Records on 17 April 2002

2,284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 2002. Highest significance: Yarram, AU.

Key Facts for 17 April 2002

On 17 April 2002, 2,284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,758 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 282 monthly and 1,999 daily.
Yarram set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.4 mm (4.0 in) on 17 April 2002.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 17 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Won Wron Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
West Swan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windrush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Taripta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boscabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Craters of the Moon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dwellingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Tree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Culicup Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kwinana Bp Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Euchareena (Molong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,284 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 937, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 821, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 17 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	937
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	821
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 17 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 282, daily 1,999.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,721 broken records

Margins by which the 1,721 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 2002

Top 20 records on 17 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 2002	Yarram, AU	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	110 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 April 2002	Riverdale, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2002	Boddington Shire, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2002	Chamingup, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2002	Won Wron Prison, AU	all-time rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2002	Darkan, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2002	West Swan, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2002	Midland, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Windrush, AU	monthly rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Taripta, AU	monthly rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Boscabel, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	The Warriups, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Armadale, AU	monthly rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Middletown 2 NW, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Barooga, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Wayville, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2002	Williams, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	89 years	55 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2002. 2002 had 2,284 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	1,691
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1