Weather Records on 1 October 1916

105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1916. Highest significance: Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1916

On 1 October 1916, 105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 105 daily.
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street) set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 1 October 1916.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

105 stations

105 station records on 1 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dural Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bogo Bogolog	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

105 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

94 broken records

Margins by which the 94 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1916

Top 20 records on 1 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1916	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Branxton Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Dural Public School, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Denman (Martindale), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1916	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1916	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1916	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1916	Benerembah, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1916	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	23 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

1813 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1916. 1916 had 105 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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 20	75
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1