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Weather Records on 16 October 1917

19 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1917. Highest significance: Swift Current, CA.

Key Facts for 16 October 1917

  • On 16 October 1917, 19 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 5 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 19 daily.
  • Swift Current set a daily record snowfall of 9.7 cm (3.8 in) on 16 October 1917.
  • Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

19 stations
Weather records on 16 October 1917 19 station records on 16 October 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
19 station records on 16 October 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 16 October 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
Swift CurrentCanadaRecord daily snowfall9.7 cm (3.8 in)33 of 100 (Routine)
Swift CurrentCanadaRecord daily precipitation9.7 mm (0.38 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
VestervigDenmarkRecord daily precipitation17.2 mm (0.7 in)20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital MilitaireAlgeriaRecord high maximum temperature29.0 C (84.2 F)14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort NationalAlgeriaRecord low maximum temperature10.0 C (50.0 F)13 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post OfficeAustraliaRecord high maximum temperature36.7 C (98.1 F)13 of 100 (Routine)
ArhangelskRussiaRecord daily precipitation11.1 mm (0.4 in)13 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/UniversiteAlgeriaRecord low minimum temperature13.0 C (55.4 F)12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort NationalAlgeriaRecord daily precipitation25.2 mm (1.0 in)11 of 100 (Routine)
SalekhardRussiaRecord daily precipitation5.7 mm (0.22 in)11 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)AustraliaRecord daily precipitation13.5 mm (0.5 in)10 of 100 (Routine)
EkaterinburgRussiaRecord high minimum temperature6.0 C (42.8 F)10 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego WboUnited StatesRecord daily precipitation4.3 mm (0.17 in)10 of 100 (Routine)
HaldenNorwayRecord daily precipitation22.1 mm (0.9 in)7 of 100 (Routine)
ArhangelskRussiaRecord high minimum temperature7.7 C (45.9 F)6 of 100 (Routine)
Stony MountainCanadaRecord low minimum temperature-6.7 C (19.9 F)3 of 100 (Routine)
StonecliffeCanadaRecord low maximum temperature5.6 C (42.1 F)3 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway AirportUnited KingdomRecord low minimum temperature-1.1 C (30.0 F)3 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post OfficeAustraliaRecord high minimum temperature19.4 C (66.9 F)1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

19 records
Records on 16 October 1917 by type Records set or tied on 16 October 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 8, Heaviest daily snowfall 1. 02468Highest daily maximum: 2Lowest daily maximum: 2Highest daily minimum: 3Lowest daily minimum: 3Heaviest daily rainfall: 8Heaviest daily snowfall: 1Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 16 October 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 8, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.
Records on 16 October 1917 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum2
Lowest daily maximum2
Highest daily minimum3
Lowest daily minimum3
Heaviest daily rainfall8
Heaviest daily snowfall1
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 16 October 1917 by timescale Records on 16 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 19. 05101520all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 19all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 16 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 19.
Records on 16 October 1917 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily19

How Much Records Were Beaten By

15 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 October 1917 Margins by which the 15 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted. 0510150 to 20: 1420 to 40: 040 to 60: 060 to 80: 080 to 100: 10 to 2020 to 4040 to 6060 to 8080 to 100
Margins by which the 15 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 October 1917
MarginRecords
0 to 2014
20 to 400
40 to 600
60 to 800
80 to 1001

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1917
Top 19 records on 16 October 1917 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
16 October 1917Swift Current, CAdaily snowfall9.7 cm (3.8 in)9.7 cm (3.8 in)30 years33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Swift Current, CAdaily rain9.7 mm (0.38 in)6.7 mm (0.26 in)24 years20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Vestervig, DKdaily rain17.2 mm (0.7 in)3.4 mm (0.13 in)41 years20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZdaily high max29.0 C (84.2 F)1.0 C (1.8 F)18 years14 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Fort National, DZdaily low max10.0 C (50.0 F)1.0 C (1.8 F)28 years13 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Bourke Post Office, AUdaily high max36.7 C (98.1 F)0.6 C (1.1 F)26 years13 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Arhangelsk, RUdaily rain11.1 mm (0.4 in)1.9 mm (0.07 in)19 years13 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZdaily low min13.0 C (55.4 F)1.0 C (1.8 F)20 years12 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Fort National, DZdaily rain25.2 mm (1.0 in)8.2 mm (0.32 in)4 years11 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Salekhard, RUdaily rain5.7 mm (0.22 in)1.7 mm (0.07 in)2 years11 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AUdaily rain13.5 mm (0.5 in)5.6 mm (0.22 in)6 years10 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Ekaterinburg, RUdaily high min6.0 C (42.8 F)0.2 C (0.4 F)23 years10 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917San Diego Wbo, USdaily rain4.3 mm (0.17 in)1.0 mm (0.04 in)10 years10 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Halden, NOdaily rain22.1 mm (0.9 in)0.1 mm (0.00 in)15 years7 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Arhangelsk, RUdaily high min7.7 C (45.9 F)0.3 C (0.5 F)10 years6 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Stony Mountain, CAdaily low min (Tie)-6.7 C (19.9 F)tie29 years3 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Stonecliffe, CAdaily low max (Tie)5.6 C (42.1 F)tie30 years3 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Stornoway Airport, GBdaily low min (Tie)-1.1 C (30.0 F)tie39 years3 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1917Alice Springs Post Office, AUdaily high min (Tie)19.4 C (66.9 F)tie12 years1 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

1796 to 1917
Records on 10-16 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1917. 1917 had 19 records. 05001,0001,5002,0001796: 11808: 11810: 11811: 31817: 11826: 11830: 11836: 21838: 11839: 11856: 11859: 21862: 21865: 21870: 31873: 21876: 21877: 31878: 21879: 41880: 11881: 31882: 11883: 21884: 21885: 11886: 41887: 31889: 11890: 41891: 51892: 61893: 121894: 51895: 21896: 21897: 91898: 41899: 81901: 41902: 71903: 61904: 71905: 161906: 31907: 61908: 491909: 201910: 101911: 181912: 161913: 251914: 521915: 171916: 281917: 191918: 251919: 581920: 441921: 541922: 571923: 841924: 811925: 3041926: 1801927: 1221928: 5431929: 1181930: 3121931: 5151932: 3791933: 2181934: 7121935: 3951936: 2441937: 1,2001938: 6061939: 4941940: 5311941: 2201942: 4261943: 1,2331944: 6091945: 4141946: 3981947: 8651948: 2791949: 3781950: 3441951: 2661952: 6981953: 5081954: 1,0681955: 4271956: 6201957: 3541958: 4941959: 3191960: 5401961: 7901962: 5041963: 4641964: 5131965: 4981966: 6691967: 5161968: 9871969: 8451970: 7891971: 9791972: 4641973: 5391974: 1,0611975: 4871976: 1,0531977: 5491978: 8221979: 5801980: 1,3831981: 8971982: 4301983: 4321984: 1,5071985: 6721986: 4501987: 1,2591988: 7031989: 8201990: 8901991: 1,5431992: 1,6461993: 9991994: 1,1761995: 1,0611996: 5851997: 9391998: 9341999: 7052000: 5192001: 7542002: 1,0792003: 5302004: 6872005: 6842006: 1,3302007: 6452008: 7782009: 1,9312010: 1,0492011: 8162012: 7282013: 5462014: 6952015: 1,1422016: 1,0632017: 1,0142018: 1,5582019: 4632020: 4842021: 5412022: 6762023: 6082024: 7212025: 5591796187718951913193019471964198119982015
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1917. 1917 had 19 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 10-16 in each year
YearRecords
17961
18081
18101
18113
18171
18261
18301
18362
18381
18391
18561
18592
18622
18652
18703
18732
18762
18773
18782
18794
18801
18813
18821
18832
18842
18851
18864
18873
18891
18904
18915
18926
189312
18945
18952
18962
18979
18984
18998
19014
19027
19036
19047
190516
19063
19076
190849
190920
191010
191118
191216
191325
191452
191517
191628
191719
191825
191958
192044
192154
192257
192384
192481
1925304
1926180
1927122
1928543
1929118
1930312
1931515
1932379
1933218
1934712
1935395
1936244
19371,200
1938606
1939494
1940531
1941220
1942426
19431,233
1944609
1945414
1946398
1947865
1948279
1949378
1950344
1951266
1952698
1953508
19541,068
1955427
1956620
1957354
1958494
1959319
1960540
1961790
1962504
1963464
1964513
1965498
1966669
1967516
1968987
1969845
1970789
1971979
1972464
1973539
19741,061
1975487
19761,053
1977549
1978822
1979580
19801,383
1981897
1982430
1983432
19841,507
1985672
1986450
19871,259
1988703
1989820
1990890
19911,543
19921,646
1993999
19941,176
19951,061
1996585
1997939
1998934
1999705
2000519
2001754
20021,079
2003530
2004687
2005684
20061,330
2007645
2008778
20091,931
20101,049
2011816
2012728
2013546
2014695
20151,142
20161,063
20171,014
20181,558
2019463
2020484
2021541
2022676
2023608
2024721
2025559

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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 . Last revised (2026-10-15).