Weather Records on 17 July 2010

965 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2010. Highest significance: Gorlitz, DE.

Key Facts for 17 July 2010

On 17 July 2010, 965 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
676 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 922 daily.
Gorlitz set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 17 July 2010.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

965 stations

965 station records on 17 July 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mierkenis_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Varne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orrefors_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sibu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Fap David Abenzur Rengifo	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xcupil (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrior L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	255.8 mm (10.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kolomna	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Immokalee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ratece-Planica	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klagenfurt(Civ/Mil)	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanzhong	China	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

965 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 240, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 436, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 17 July 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	240
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	436
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2010 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 27, daily 922.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

688 broken records

Margins by which the 688 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2010

Top 20 records on 17 July 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2010	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	113 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2010	Mierkenis_A, SE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2010	Greer, US	all-time high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Parnu, EE	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Kihnu, EE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Lebanon, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Bluff, US	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Ruhnu, LV	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Baldwyn, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	127 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Sorve, EE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Varne, SE	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Wien, AT	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	125 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Orrefors_D, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Sibu, MY	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Cap Fap David Abenzur Rengifo, PE	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	New Albany, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Senatobia, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Neosho, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2010	Sanda, SE	all-time rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2010. 2010 had 965 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 July 2010
Margin	Records
0 to 10	629
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1