Weather Records on 1 August 2017

758 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2017. Highest significance: Wink FAA AP, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 2017

On 1 August 2017, 758 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
434 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 722 daily.
Wink FAA AP set a daily record precipitation of 63.2 mm (2.5 in) on 1 August 2017.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

758 stations

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

Weather records on 1 August 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wayjo Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wereroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Chorkerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Lunas 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soummam	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Le Puy - Loudes	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raton Fltr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melsom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaccio	France	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy 3 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jijel	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hiva-Oa	French Polynesia	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

758 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 1 August 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2017 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 30, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 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

1 August 2017

Top 20 records on 1 August 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2017	Wink FAA AP, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2017	Plains, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	86 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2017	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2017	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Wayjo Park, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Alpine, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Chapman, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Idjevan, AM	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Wereroa, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Ft Pierce, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Cavern City AP, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Portales, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Orovada 3 W, US	monthly high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Boddington Shire, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Little Chorkerup, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Wien, AT	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	147 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Bowman Dam, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2017	Tonopah, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	41 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2017. 2017 had 758 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 2017-08-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	543
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1