Weather Records on 3 November 1917

36 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1917. Highest significance: Palermo, IT.

Key Facts for 3 November 1917

On 3 November 1917, 36 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 33 daily.
Palermo set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 3 November 1917.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

36 stations

36 station records on 3 November 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

36 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 November 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 November 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 33.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

29 broken records

Margins by which the 29 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1917

Top 20 records on 3 November 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1917	Palermo, IT	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1917	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1917	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1917	Aramac Post Office, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1917	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1917	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1917	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Muttaburra, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Hughenden Post Office, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	43 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Nebo, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	7 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high min	2.9 C (37.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	32 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1917	Gympie, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	21 years	12 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

1821 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1917. 1917 had 36 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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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	15
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1