Weather Records on 15 November 1917

369 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1917. Highest significance: Curraweena, AU.

Key Facts for 15 November 1917

On 15 November 1917, 369 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 354 daily.
Curraweena set a daily record precipitation of 56.9 mm (2.2 in) on 15 November 1917.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

369 stations

369 station records on 15 November 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nekarboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burburgate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Budgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

369 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 352.

Records on 15 November 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 November 1917 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1917

Top 20 records on 15 November 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1917	Curraweena, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Kaarimba, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Nekarboo, AU	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Tamworth West, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Tamworth Airport, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Numurkah Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Yielima Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Mornington, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1917	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

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

1794 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 369 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 10	176
10 to 20	91
20 to 30	43
30 to 40	25
40 to 50	16
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1