Weather Records on 16 October 1922

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1922. Highest significance: Galway, IE.

Key Facts for 16 October 1922

On 16 October 1922, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 57 daily.
Galway set a daily record high maximum temperature of 17.8 C (64.0 F) on 16 October 1922.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 16 October 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 16 October 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 57.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1922

Top 20 records on 16 October 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1922	Galway, IE	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Shearleys Tank, AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Columbia, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1922	Dromana, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	12 years	15 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1922. 1922 had 57 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 5	37
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1