Weather Records on 14 February 1917

122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1917. Highest significance: Minlaton, AU.

Key Facts for 14 February 1917

On 14 February 1917, 122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 100 daily.
Minlaton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 14 February 1917.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

122 stations

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

Weather records on 14 February 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

122 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1917 by type: Highest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 February 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 February 1917 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 100.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 February 1917

Top 20 records on 14 February 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1917	Minlaton, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1917	Stansbury, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1917	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1917	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1917	Paskeville, AU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1917	Kingscote, AU	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Curramulka, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Corny Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Snowtown, AU	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Port Elliott, AU	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Yorketown, AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Balaklava, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Maitland (Woodburlie), AU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Warooka, AU	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1917	Beachport, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	39 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

1794 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 122 records.

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

Records on 02-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	1
1806	1
1825	1
1829	1
1830	1
1836	1
1845	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	8
1858	2
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	1
1898	8
1899	13
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	12
1905	30
1906	3
1907	10
1908	20
1909	17
1910	4
1911	100
1912	11
1913	86
1914	71
1915	55
1916	62
1917	122
1918	41
1919	52
1920	26
1921	46
1922	33
1923	133
1924	108
1925	77
1926	147
1927	131
1928	255
1929	222
1930	167
1931	264
1932	243
1933	189
1934	586
1935	444
1936	929
1937	460
1938	596
1939	354
1940	278
1941	148
1942	491
1943	672
1944	435
1945	407
1946	578
1947	738
1948	522
1949	1,336
1950	595
1951	657
1952	281
1953	180
1954	1,383
1955	515
1956	382
1957	482
1958	644
1959	875
1960	945
1961	352
1962	708
1963	247
1964	176
1965	291
1966	719
1967	580
1968	526
1969	822
1970	578
1971	832
1972	379
1973	486
1974	413
1975	400
1976	511
1977	463
1978	1,158
1979	2,176
1980	681
1981	946
1982	843
1983	934
1984	1,138
1985	727
1986	937
1987	702
1988	511
1989	1,224
1990	2,162
1991	1,076
1992	829
1993	629
1994	742
1995	1,981
1996	1,102
1997	935
1998	1,409
1999	842
2000	1,242
2001	1,063
2002	683
2003	1,040
2004	1,180
2005	915
2006	668
2007	1,825
2008	855
2009	979
2010	1,051
2011	802
2012	747
2013	288
2014	1,445
2015	980
2016	1,286
2017	787
2018	391
2019	749
2020	936
2021	3,053
2022	469
2023	736
2024	647
2025	550
2026	627

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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	101
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1