Weather Records on 5 October 1917

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1917. Highest significance: Yanco (Billinbah East), AU.

Key Facts for 5 October 1917

On 5 October 1917, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 290 daily.
Yanco (Billinbah East) set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 5 October 1917.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 5 October 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thelangerin East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culpotaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colinroobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Lodge 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 291.

Records on 5 October 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 290.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1917

Top 20 records on 5 October 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1917	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Steam Plains 2, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Rutherglen Netherby Wine, AU	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Mount Macedon, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Barmah East, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Wunnamurra, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Thelangerin East, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Steam Plains 1, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Moama, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Wahgunyah, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Fryerstown, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Mallan (Niemur Valley), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Numurkah Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1917	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	40 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

1795 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1917. 1917 had 314 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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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 5 October 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 10	196
10 to 20	80
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1