Weather Records on 7 April 1917

83 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1917. Highest significance: Port Albert, AU.

Key Facts for 7 April 1917

On 7 April 1917, 83 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 80 daily.
Port Albert set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 7 April 1917.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

83 stations

83 station records on 7 April 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kardella (Fleetwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

83 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 April 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 April 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 80.

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 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1917

Top 20 records on 7 April 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1917	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1917	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Chatham, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Sale, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Warburton, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Kew, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Buchan, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Yarram, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	3.6 C (38.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1917	Kardella (Fleetwood), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	27 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

1800 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1917. 1917 had 83 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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).