Weather Records on 17 April 2022

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 2022. Highest significance: Crandall 8 N, US.

Key Facts for 17 April 2022

On 17 April 2022, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 415 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 822 daily.
Crandall 8 N set a daily record precipitation of 166.6 mm (6.6 in) on 17 April 2022.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 17 April 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gove Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.4 mm (8.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Muir Woods	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boigbeat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria/Gan	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham 25 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Satus Pass 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 244, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 79.

Records on 17 April 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	244
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	79

Records on 17 April 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 822.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 2022

Top 20 records on 17 April 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 2022	Crandall 8 N, US	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2022	Gove Airport, AU	daily rain	221.4 mm (8.7 in)	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2022	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	122 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2022	Gama, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2022	Manzanita Lake, US	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Muir Woods, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Kenmare 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Carlyle 13 NW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Holter Dam, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Raymond Border STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Chester, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Joseph, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	122 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Xai Xai, MZ	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Chinook, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	117 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Harvey 4NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Belltower, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	128 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Plevna, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2022	Center 4SE, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 years	44 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

1799 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2022. 2022 had 831 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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 50	596
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2