Weather Records on 1 October 1920

98 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1920. Highest significance: Parry Sound, CA.

Key Facts for 1 October 1920

On 1 October 1920, 98 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 90 daily.
Parry Sound set a daily record snowfall of 11.9 cm (4.7 in) on 1 October 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

98 stations

98 station records on 1 October 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

98 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 56, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 1 October 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 90.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

88 broken records

Margins by which the 88 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1920

Top 20 records on 1 October 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1920	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Alton, CA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Chatham, CA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1920	Barrie, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Southampton, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Halifax, CA	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Burlington, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Charlottetown, CA	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Herschel, ZA	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1920	Northfield, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	26 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1920. 1920 had 98 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	76
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1