Weather Records on 10 October 1921

125 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1921. Highest significance: Hamilton, CA.

Key Facts for 10 October 1921

On 10 October 1921, 125 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 120 daily.
Hamilton set a daily record precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 10 October 1921.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

125 stations

125 station records on 10 October 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Rail (Dalyenong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

125 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 10 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

115 broken records

Margins by which the 115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 28.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1921

Top 20 records on 10 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1921	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1921	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1921	Howlong Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1921	Denman (Palace Street), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Armagh, GB	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Uccle, BE	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	21.3 C (70.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Cootamundra Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Stoney Creek, CA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1921	Werris Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	20 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 125 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	82
5 to 10	15
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	1