Weather Records on 22 October 1916

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1916. Highest significance: Tullaroop Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1916

On 22 October 1916, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 202 daily.
Tullaroop Reservoir set an all-time record daily precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 22 October 1916.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 22 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough (Dawson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 22 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 202.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1916

Top 20 records on 22 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1916	Tullaroop Reservoir, AU	all-time rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1916	Eudunda, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1916	Sedan, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Melrose, AU	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Glenariff, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Sussex, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Burra (Poonunda), AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Hawker, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Mount Pleasant, AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Mannum Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Woodside, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Curraweena, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1916	Yardea, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	37 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

1793 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 226 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	124
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2