Weather Records on 17 July 2002

995 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2002. Highest significance: Weissenfels, DE.

Key Facts for 17 July 2002

On 17 July 2002, 995 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
486 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 934 daily.
Weissenfels set a daily record precipitation of 41.6 mm (1.6 in) on 17 July 2002.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

995 stations

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

Weather records on 17 July 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Konigsmoor	Germany	Record daily precipitation	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Helmstedt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hameln	Germany	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pelzerhaken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hildesheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boizenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Unterluss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Luchow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Multra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gernrode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Michelstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mehringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eutin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burgwald-Bottendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rollbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

995 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 278, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 300.

Records on 17 July 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	278
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2002 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 39, daily 934.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2002

Top 20 records on 17 July 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2002	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Aschersleben, DE	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Konigsmoor, DE	all-time rain	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Helmstedt, DE	monthly rain	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Rhein Main, DE	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Bad Lippspringe, DE	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Hameln, DE	all-time rain	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Budingen, DE	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Herford, DE	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Pelzerhaken, DE	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Brilon, DE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2002	Harzgerode, DE	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2002	Hildesheim, DE	all-time rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2002	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2002	Wernigerode, DE	all-time rain	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2002	Boizenburg, DE	daily rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 995 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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Data for records on 2002-07-17: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 July 2002
Margin	Records
0 to 10	610
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	5