Weather Records on 1 October 1932

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1932. Highest significance: Nordby (Fano), DK.

Key Facts for 1 October 1932

On 1 October 1932, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 201 daily.
Nordby (Fano) set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 1 October 1932.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 1 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bothwell (Ratho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Warloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 201.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

179 broken records

Margins by which the 179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1932

Top 20 records on 1 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1932	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1932	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1932	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1932	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1932	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1932	Hvar, HR	monthly high max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1932	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1932	Junagadh, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Fort St James, CA	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Budapest, HU	monthly high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Ron, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Canon City, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Szeged, HU	monthly high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Corvallis State UNIV, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Hambantota, LK	daily low min	21.6 C (70.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Budapest, HU	monthly high min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Debrecen Airport, HU	monthly high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1932	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1932. 1932 had 220 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).