Weather Records on 14 October 1932

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1932. Highest significance: Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1932

On 14 October 1932, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 270 daily.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 14 October 1932.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 14 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tebessa	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 14 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1932

Top 20 records on 14 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1932	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Vaniyambadi, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Beenak, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Ambur, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1932	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1932	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1932	Tebessa, DZ	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1932	Nagarcoil, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1932	Kew, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1932	Polur, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	30 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 278 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853

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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 20	201
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1