Weather Records on 17 October 1916

81 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1916. Highest significance: Minnedosa, CA.

Key Facts for 17 October 1916

On 17 October 1916, 81 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 75 daily.
Minnedosa set a monthly record daily snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 17 October 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

81 stations

81 station records on 17 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

81 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 17 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1916

Top 20 records on 17 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1916	Minnedosa, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1916	Hillview, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1916	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1916	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1916	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1916	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Stonecliffe, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Wallabadah, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Glenariff, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Boorolong, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Cap Chat, CA	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Gospic, HR	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Stony Mountain, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	17 years	22 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

1793 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 81 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	57
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1