Weather Records on 17 July 2020

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2020. Highest significance: Burakin, AU.

Key Facts for 17 July 2020

On 17 July 2020, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 508 daily.
Burakin set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 17 July 2020.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 17 July 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Byron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wubin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Little Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Green Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Youanmi Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bailing-Miao	China	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huailai	China	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wandana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yaringa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dalwallinu North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quobba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oake Marsh Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cattaraugus	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leusi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeba	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orlinga	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbrabow	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kitale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Severnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 17 July 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

398 broken records

Margins by which the 398 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2020

Top 20 records on 17 July 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2020	Burakin, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2020	Cayuga Lock #1, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2020	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2020	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2020	Bodallin South, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Byron, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Macedon Lock E30, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Burracoppin, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Kane 1NNE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Wubin, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Enshi, CN	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Wialki, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	San Francisco Oceanside, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Merredin, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Little Valley, US	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Green Grove, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Tellico Plains, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	118 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Youanmi Valley, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2020	Brockport, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	96 years	45 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 515 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	374
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2