Weather Records on 17 May 2017

1,302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 2017. Highest significance: Akron, US.

Key Facts for 17 May 2017

On 17 May 2017, 1,302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
567 were record highs and 340 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,263 daily.
Akron set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 17 May 2017.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,302 stations

1,302 station records on 17 May 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Seneca	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wise Rvr 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Calvert Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Philipsburg Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers Pass 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spur Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rocker Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monument Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frohner Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Basin Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dupuyer Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Badger Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pike Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barker Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
S Fork Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Placer Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shower Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wood Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg Rs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Elk Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,302 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 243, Lowest daily maximum 218, Highest daily minimum 324, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 17 May 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	243
Lowest daily maximum	218
Highest daily minimum	324
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 17 May 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 1,263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,069 broken records

Margins by which the 1,069 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 2017

Top 20 records on 17 May 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 2017	Akron, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Seneca, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	108 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	McCall, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	111 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Richmond, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Wise Rvr 3 WNW, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Stanley, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Calvert Creek, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Philipsburg Rs, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2017	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Tovdal, NO	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Rogers Pass 9 NNE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Loei, TH	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Ewing, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2017	Spur Park, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	52 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

1802 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2017. 2017 had 1,302 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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 50	1,031
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1