Weather Records on 17 August 2024

740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 2024. Highest significance: Wien, AT.

Key Facts for 17 August 2024

On 17 August 2024, 740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
518 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 717 daily.
Wien set an all-time record daily precipitation of 113.9 mm (4.5 in) on 17 August 2024.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

740 stations

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

Weather records on 17 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	113.9 mm (4.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yoongarillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bumping Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Noorbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seychelles Internat	Seychelles	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kerman	Iran	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainburg 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Test Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turpan	China	Record high maximum temperature	45.9 C (114.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shijiazhuang	China	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record low minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onahama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

740 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 322, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 17 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	322
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 717.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 2024

Top 20 records on 17 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 2024	Wien, AT	all-time rain	113.9 mm (4.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	78 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2024	L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld, BM	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2024	Marquette, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2024	Yoongarillup, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Bumping Ridge, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Chapman Hill, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Noorbeek, NL	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Abbott, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Alexandria, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Tedzhen, TM	daily low max	28.2 C (82.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Seychelles Internat, SC	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Ohotsk, RU	monthly low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Painesville 4 NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2024	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	87 years	38 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2024. 2024 had 740 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

Download the Data

Data for records on 2024-08-17: 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 2026-10-17 (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	558
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1