Weather Records on 1 October 1930

106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1930. Highest significance: Raton, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 1930

On 1 October 1930, 106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 103 daily.
Raton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 1 October 1930.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

106 stations

106 station records on 1 October 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

106 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 69.

Records on 1 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 103.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1930

Top 20 records on 1 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1930	Raton, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1930	Cowles, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1930	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1930	Wynnum Railway Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1930	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1930	Redfield, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1930	Belmont, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Menno, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Pinkenba, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Graceville Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Anthony Lagoon, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Dutton Park, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Toowong Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1930	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	23 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1930. 1930 had 106 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 1930
Margin	Records
0 to 10	69
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	4