Weather Records on 19 July 1917

177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1917. Highest significance: Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU.

Key Facts for 19 July 1917

On 19 July 1917, 177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 163 daily.
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 19 July 1917.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

177 stations

177 station records on 19 July 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Red Hill Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

177 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 159.

Records on 19 July 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 163.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

169 broken records

Margins by which the 169 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1917

Top 20 records on 19 July 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1917	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1917	Birdwood, AU	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Gumeracha, AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Dingo Vale, AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Truro, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Angaston, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Brome, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Mount Torrens, AU	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1917	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1917	Nuriootpa, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1917	Tumut (Red Hill Station), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1917	Greenock, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1917	Mount Pleasant, AU	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1917	Tanunda, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	30 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

1799 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1917. 1917 had 177 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 19 July 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 5	88
5 to 10	35
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	9
20 to 25	12
25 to 30	6