Weather Records on 1 November 1917

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1917. Highest significance: Port Stanley, CA.

Key Facts for 1 November 1917

On 1 November 1917, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 39 daily.
Port Stanley set a daily record snowfall of 11.7 cm (4.6 in) on 1 November 1917.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 1 November 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 11, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 November 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 November 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

34 broken records

Margins by which the 34 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1917

Top 20 records on 1 November 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1917	Port Stanley, CA	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1917	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1917	Maneroo, AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1917	Cottam, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Hambantota, LK	monthly low min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	New Westminster, CA	monthly high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Chatham 2, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Dubuque River, US	daily snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 November 1917	Morgantown 1, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	18 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

1805 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1917. 1917 had 43 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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 20	19
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1