Weather Records on 24 July 2017

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 2017. Highest significance: Artern, DE.

Key Facts for 24 July 2017

On 24 July 2017, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 538 daily.
Artern set an all-time record daily precipitation of 102.4 mm (4.0 in) on 24 July 2017.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 24 July 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Deesa	India	Record daily precipitation	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Theresa 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dachwig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Holzminden Bevern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neuruppin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leinefelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Connellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ratece-Planica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga Hammond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Schonefeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kyritz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 238.

Records on 24 July 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 2017 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 15, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 2017

Top 20 records on 24 July 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 2017	Artern, DE	all-time rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	79 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	77 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Deesa, IN	daily rain	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	112 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Schierke, DE	daily rain	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Braunlage, DE	daily rain	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Theresa 4NW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Brocken, DE	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 July 2017	Balmorhea, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Erfurt-Bindersleben, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Oswego, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Greer, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Bear Gap, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Birmingham AP, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Dachwig, DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Herzberg, DE	all-time rain	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Bad Sooden-Allendorf, DE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 2017	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	51 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

1799 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2017. 2017 had 559 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	402
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1