Weather Records on 17 July 2008

508 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2008. Highest significance: Lapeer Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 2008

On 17 July 2008, 508 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 487 daily.
Lapeer Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 17 July 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

508 stations

508 station records on 17 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oasis Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kislokan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mexcaltitan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Letalisce Jozeta Pucnika Ljubl	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Childersburg Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bastanka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Romny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sangary	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huahuapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Gaviotas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olinala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guanajal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Marquesa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Earth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Palmas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Cantil	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mixquiahuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mauna Loa Slope Obs 39	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

508 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 17 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2008

Top 20 records on 17 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2008	Lapeer Wwtp, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2008	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2008	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2008	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Colonia Morelos, MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Oasis Rs, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Westby 3ENE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Faulkton, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Everglades, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Ft Sumner, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Kislokan, RU	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Mexcaltitan, MX	daily rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Wauchula, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Arcadia, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Letalisce Jozeta Pucnika Ljubl, SI	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Childersburg Wtp, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2008	Mondovi, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	100 years	42 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 508 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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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 20	335
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1