Weather Records on 17 April 1914

83 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1914. Highest significance: Tizi Ouzou, DZ.

Key Facts for 17 April 1914

On 17 April 1914, 83 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 78 daily.
Tizi Ouzou set a daily record precipitation of 62.3 mm (2.5 in) on 17 April 1914.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

83 stations

83 station records on 17 April 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmouth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Llangollen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

83 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 17 April 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 April 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

80 broken records

Margins by which the 80 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1914

Top 20 records on 17 April 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1914	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1914	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1914	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1914	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1914	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1914	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1914	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1914	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Dartmouth, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Temora Ambulance Station, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Turanville, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1914	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1914. 1914 had 83 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	62
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1