Weather Records on 15 April 2017

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 2017. Highest significance: Greeley, US.

Key Facts for 15 April 2017

On 15 April 2017, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 468 daily.
Greeley set a daily record precipitation of 63.2 mm (2.5 in) on 15 April 2017.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 15 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dimmitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pellston Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capt Jose A Quinones Gonzale	Peru	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kristinehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Capo Bellavista	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enmuveem	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saniat Rmel	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steuben 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hierro/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad-Airport	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sodertalje	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record low maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melilla	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melilla	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tullinge A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Climax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 108, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 468.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

362 broken records

Margins by which the 362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 2017

Top 20 records on 15 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 2017	Greeley, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	116 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2017	Dimmitt, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2017	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Emmett 2 E, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Markovo, RU	daily high max	2.6 C (36.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Greenville Wtp, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Wallace, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	120 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Lynxville Dam 9, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Pellston Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Vladivostok, RU	daily high max	21.5 C (70.7 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Dubuque Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Capt Jose A Quinones Gonzale, PE	all-time high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Cimbaj, UZ	daily high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	79 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Cagliari, IT	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Poset, RU	daily high max	25.3 C (77.5 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Kristinehamn, SE	daily low min	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2017	Friona, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	36 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

1801 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2017. 2017 had 474 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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).