Weather Records on 16 October 1919

58 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1919. Highest significance: Laurieton (Elouera St), AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1919

On 16 October 1919, 58 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 58 daily.
Laurieton (Elouera St) set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 16 October 1919.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

58 stations

58 station records on 16 October 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tomago	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mandamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

58 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 16 October 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 58.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1919

Top 20 records on 16 October 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1919	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1919	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1919	Gympie, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Kazan, RU	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Ulan-Ude, RU	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Hanover, US	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Perm, RU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Buffalo, US	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Concord, US	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Cornwall, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Swift Current, CA	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Northfield, US	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Battleford, CA	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1919	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	17 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

1796 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1919. 1919 had 58 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	41
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1