Weather Records on 17 July 1955

512 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1955. Highest significance: Ville Marie, CA.

Key Facts for 17 July 1955

On 17 July 1955, 512 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 499 daily.
Ville Marie set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 17 July 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

512 stations

512 station records on 17 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

512 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 17 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 7, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1955

Top 20 records on 17 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1955	Ville Marie, CA	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Tomsk, RU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Sholingur, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Kerrville, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Kljuchi, RU	all-time rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Nepisiguit Falls, CA	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Patti, IN	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Durant, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Bahraich, IN	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Musafir Khana, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Burnet, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Harrison 1 NNW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	La Pryor, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Damra, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1955	Benson, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	37 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 512 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	335
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1