Weather Records on 9 October 1917

65 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1917. Highest significance: Freiburg, DE.

Key Facts for 9 October 1917

On 9 October 1917, 65 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 65 daily.
Freiburg set a daily record precipitation of 38.3 mm (1.5 in) on 9 October 1917.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

65 stations

65 station records on 9 October 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dural Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

65 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 9 October 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 65.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1917

Top 20 records on 9 October 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1917	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1917	Burwood 1, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Yalta, UA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Galway, IE	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Kadina, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Cudal Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Guelph Oac, CA	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Guelph Oac, CA	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1917	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	28 years	19 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

1793 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1917. 1917 had 65 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 5	32
5 to 10	13
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1