Weather Records on 17 January 2005

682 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 2005. Highest significance: Clearwater, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 2005

On 17 January 2005, 682 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 650 daily.
Clearwater set a daily record precipitation of 145.0 mm (5.7 in) on 17 January 2005.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

682 stations

682 station records on 17 January 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gerlach	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lauchapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Poitrel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shahat	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abild	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abelardo L. Rodriguez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perote	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Tlalnepantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Copala	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Covert	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cathlamet 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

682 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 17 January 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 17 January 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 28, daily 650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 2005

Top 20 records on 17 January 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 2005	Clearwater, US	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	96 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2005	Kellogg, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2005	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2005	Gerlach, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 January 2005	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Choshi, JP	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Putneyville 2 SE Dam, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Albion, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Garro, MX	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Lauchapan, MX	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Tres Zapotes, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Seattle Tacoma AP, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Quillayute AP, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Landsburg, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Darrington Rs, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Armour, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 2005	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	114 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

1795 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 682 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 100	506
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1