Weather Records on 13 November 1917

66 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1917. Highest significance: Wangamana, AU.

Key Facts for 13 November 1917

On 13 November 1917, 66 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 63 daily.
Wangamana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 13 November 1917.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

66 stations

66 station records on 13 November 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wangamana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mandamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Restdown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goorianawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goona (Nure)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

66 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 54.

Records on 13 November 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 November 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

62 broken records

Margins by which the 62 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1917

Top 20 records on 13 November 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1917	Wangamana, AU	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1917	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1917	Winbar, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1917	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1917	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1917	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Mandamar, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Teryawynia, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	White Cliffs (Tongo), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Burrawang South Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Restdown, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Goorianawah, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Talyealye, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Bimbowrie, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1917	Urawilkie, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	35 years	20 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

1795 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1917. 1917 had 66 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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 13 November 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 10	43
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1