Weather Records on 17 May 2004

769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 2004. Highest significance: Pipestone, US.

Key Facts for 17 May 2004

On 17 May 2004, 769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 729 daily.
Pipestone set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 17 May 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

769 stations

769 station records on 17 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mauna Loa 511	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Usila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emiliano Zapata	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuantan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gadag	India	Record low maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fraccionamiento Callejones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Severnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kofu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bakchar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

769 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 231.

Records on 17 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 729.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 2004

Top 20 records on 17 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 2004	Pipestone, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Mauna Loa 511, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	San Lucas Arroyo Paloma, MX	daily rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Elk Rvr, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Giles Meteorological Office, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Fukui, JP	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Arcadia, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Ashland, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Hudson, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	San Felipe Usila, MX	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Emiliano Zapata, MX	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Barabinsk, RU	monthly high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Mason City, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Hamburg, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2004	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 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

1802 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2004. 2004 had 769 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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 25	626
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1