Weather Records on 14 January 1917

63 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1917. Highest significance: Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR.

Key Facts for 14 January 1917

On 14 January 1917, 63 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 62 daily.
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 14 January 1917.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

63 stations

63 station records on 14 January 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

63 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 14 January 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 14 January 1917 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 62.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1917

Top 20 records on 14 January 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1917	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1917	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1917	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Northfield, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Burlington, US	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Bic, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1917	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	17 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

1794 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 63 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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 50	48
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1