Weather Records on 17 May 2025

928 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 2025. Highest significance: Wise 1SE, US.

Key Facts for 17 May 2025

On 17 May 2025, 928 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
615 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 889 daily.
Wise 1SE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 17 May 2025.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

928 stations

928 station records on 17 May 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buckhorn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harris STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Samsun	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balhash	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orkabie West Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodenbong (Unumgar St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gonyelinka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

928 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 482, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 May 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	482
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 May 2025 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 889.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

760 broken records

Margins by which the 760 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 2025

Top 20 records on 17 May 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 2025	Wise 1SE, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2025	Greensburg, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 May 2025	Buckhorn Lake, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Harris STN, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Oneida, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Halls Creek Airport, AU	monthly low min	2.6 C (36.7 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Samsun, TR	daily high max	31.3 C (88.3 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Woodstock, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Oakey Aero, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Balhash, KZ	daily high min	22.5 C (72.5 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	110 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Montpelier AP, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Naryn, KG	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Minot Exp STN, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Mammoth Cave, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 2025	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	110 years	42 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

1802 to 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2025. 2025 had 928 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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 10	699
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1