Weather Records on 14 October 1917

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1917. Highest significance: Bright Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1917

On 14 October 1917, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 47 daily.
Bright Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 14 October 1917.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

47 stations

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

Weather records on 14 October 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
The Cubas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yallook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goona (Nure)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Culpotaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 37.

Records on 14 October 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1917

Top 20 records on 14 October 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1917	Bright Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Tullaroop Reservoir, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Mount Macedon, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	17 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Carabost, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	The Cubas, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Yallook, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Kaarimba, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	23 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Eskdale, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	23 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Goona (Nure), AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Clunes, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1917	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 years	12 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 47 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853

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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	29
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1