Weather Records on 1 January 1917

50 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1917. Highest significance: Tenterden, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1917

On 1 January 1917, 50 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 49 daily.
Tenterden set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 1 January 1917.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

50 stations

50 station records on 1 January 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tilcha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

50 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 1 January 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 January 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1917

Top 20 records on 1 January 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1917	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1917	Lichtentanne, DE	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Armagh, GB	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Plauen, DE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Gorki, BY	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Saddleworth, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Roto (Coombie), AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1917	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	15 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

1798 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1917. 1917 had 50 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 10	39
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1