Weather Records on 14 July 1917

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1917. Highest significance: Royal Observatory, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 July 1917

On 14 July 1917, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 52 daily.
Royal Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 14 July 1917.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 14 July 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Killalpaninna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 48.

Records on 14 July 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1917 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1917

Top 20 records on 14 July 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1917	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1917	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1917	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1917	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1917	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1917	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Gnalta, AU	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1917	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	28 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

1802 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1917. 1917 had 55 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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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	39
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1