Weather Records on 17 July 2024

814 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 2024. Highest significance: Calico Rock 2 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 2024

On 17 July 2024, 814 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
522 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 786 daily.
Calico Rock 2 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 17 July 2024.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

814 stations

814 station records on 17 July 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 4ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mora_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ludvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nyhammar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Festus	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greers Ferry Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dala-Jarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tawau	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spansberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jorn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Simea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	44.2 C (111.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bygdsiljum_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mangsbodarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Divide	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lillhamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norderon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hedesunda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison Boone Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

814 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 347, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 17 July 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	347
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 2024 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 12, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

633 broken records

Margins by which the 633 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 2024

Top 20 records on 17 July 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 2024	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Red Bud 2 S, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Omsk, RU	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Gilbert, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Calhoun 4ENE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Marshall, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Mora_A, SE	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Evening Shade 1 NNE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Arad, RO	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	118 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 July 2024	Malmagen, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Conway, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Ludvika, SE	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Nyhammar, SE	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Festus, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Northville, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	116 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Greers Ferry Dam, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Washington, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 2024	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	118 years	55 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2024. 2024 had 814 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	579
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1