Weather Records on 17 July 2015

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2015. Highest significance: Himeji, JP.

Key Facts for 17 July 2015

On 17 July 2015, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
484 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 818 daily.
Himeji set a monthly record daily precipitation of 182.9 mm (7.2 in) on 17 July 2015.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 17 July 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tuena (Wyoming)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Hillwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kioloa Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anvil Rch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell (Gundowringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Needles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charleyong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Purdue UNIV AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Kia Ora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berrima West (Medway (Wombat C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	333.0 mm (13.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 17 July 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2015 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 8, daily 818.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2015

Top 20 records on 17 July 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2015	Himeji, JP	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	64 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2015	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2015	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2015	Indianapolis, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2015	Tuena (Wyoming), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2015	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Tokushima, JP	daily rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Bendalong Stp, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Ashley, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	124 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Goulburn (Hillwood), AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Kioloa Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Tadotsu, JP	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Marengo, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Anvil Rch, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Nelligen (Thule Road), AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	115 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2015	Crookwell (Gundowringa), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2015. 2015 had 831 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	667
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1