Weather Records on 17 August 2010

1,105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 2010. Highest significance: Kihnu, EE.

Key Facts for 17 August 2010

On 17 August 2010, 1,105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
603 were record highs and 232 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,073 daily.
Kihnu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.4 mm (3.2 in) on 17 August 2010.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,105 stations

1,105 station records on 17 August 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Trelleborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heltermaa	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxtla Gutierrez (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
E.T.A. 118 Yecapixtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norris	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enders Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freedom	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big River Lakes	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
In-Amenas	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	47.4 C (117.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Cerro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,105 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 433, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 17 August 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	433
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 2010 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 25, daily 1,073.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

777 broken records

Margins by which the 777 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 2010

Top 20 records on 17 August 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 2010	Kihnu, EE	monthly rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 August 2010	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Wallace 2W, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	113 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Wellfleet, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Trelleborg, SE	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Greensburg, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	New Roads 5 NE, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Crowell, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	monthly rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	118 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2010	Ystad, SE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Scottsboro, US	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Moroleon, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Bintulu, MY	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Heltermaa, EE	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Ravenna, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Tuxtla Gutierrez (Dge), MX	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2010	Lerwick, GB	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	49 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

1797 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2010. 2010 had 1,105 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

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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	725
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1