Weather Records on 1 October 1921

129 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1921. Highest significance: Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1921

On 1 October 1921, 129 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 127 daily.
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs) set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 October 1921.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

129 stations

129 station records on 1 October 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotslea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

129 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 104.

Records on 1 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1921

Top 20 records on 1 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1921	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Abbotslea, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Wee Waa (George St), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Wollun, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1921	Wallabadah, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Edgeroi, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Cubbaroo, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1921	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	24 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1921. 1921 had 129 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 October 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	70
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1