Weather Records on 10 October 1920

41 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1920. Highest significance: Port Germein, AU.

Key Facts for 10 October 1920

On 10 October 1920, 41 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 40 daily.
Port Germein set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 10 October 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

41 stations

41 station records on 10 October 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

41 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 16.

Records on 10 October 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 40.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

31 broken records

Margins by which the 31 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1920

Top 20 records on 10 October 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1920	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1920	Milan, IT	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1920	Green Bay, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Narrandera (Back Brewarrena), AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Sydney, CA	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Sydney, CA	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Charlottetown, CA	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Madison Wb City, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Dubuque River, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Neds Corner Homestead, AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	19 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1920	St Albans, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	27 years	13 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

1793 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1920. 1920 had 41 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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 5	24
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1