Weather Records on 16 November 1917

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 November 1917. Highest significance: Kei Road (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 16 November 1917

On 16 November 1917, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 49 daily.
Kei Road (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 16 November 1917.
Across 156 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 16 November 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 November 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 16 November 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 40.

Records on 16 November 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 November 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 November 1917

Top 20 records on 16 November 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 November 1917	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 November 1917	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Denman (Martindale), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Enfield, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Cultowa, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Kooba, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Port Arthur, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 November 1917	Perm, RU	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	8 years	19 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 52 records.

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

Records on 11-16 in each year
Year	Records
1805	3
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1858	4
1860	1
1867	1
1871	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1883	4
1884	2
1885	1
1887	7
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	2
1903	10
1904	3
1905	12
1906	13
1907	7
1908	19
1909	30
1910	14
1911	21
1912	52
1913	25
1914	42
1915	22
1916	185
1917	52
1918	61
1919	72
1920	310
1921	28
1922	24
1923	57
1924	37
1925	164
1926	376
1927	513
1928	534
1929	128
1930	539
1931	1,166
1932	678
1933	1,082
1934	237
1935	240
1936	366
1937	288
1938	178
1939	577
1940	533
1941	482
1942	520
1943	326
1944	247
1945	306
1946	434
1947	275
1948	351
1949	362
1950	569
1951	656
1952	962
1953	806
1954	357
1955	2,289
1956	405
1957	468
1958	1,151
1959	935
1960	308
1961	1,070
1962	264
1963	683
1964	872
1965	651
1966	634
1967	662
1968	454
1969	521
1970	646
1971	760
1972	484
1973	471
1974	383
1975	448
1976	814
1977	451
1978	679
1979	563
1980	902
1981	692
1982	485
1983	1,087
1984	348
1985	896
1986	657
1987	1,064
1988	1,125
1989	1,098
1990	970
1991	726
1992	527
1993	1,040
1994	614
1995	1,561
1996	1,406
1997	1,789
1998	675
1999	1,020
2000	1,153
2001	1,396
2002	974
2003	555
2004	599
2005	1,012
2006	1,563
2007	693
2008	715
2009	898
2010	1,030
2011	789
2012	328
2013	660
2014	1,923
2015	780
2016	986
2017	829
2018	1,384
2019	458
2020	641
2021	526
2022	600
2023	638
2024	506
2025	927

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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	20
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	6
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1