Weather Records on 15 October 1932

213 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1932. Highest significance: Hammond, US.

Key Facts for 15 October 1932

On 15 October 1932, 213 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 211 daily.
Hammond set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 15 October 1932.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

213 stations

213 station records on 15 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

213 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 211.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1932

Top 20 records on 15 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1932	Hammond, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1932	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1932	Constantine, DZ	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1932	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1932	Magnolia, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1932	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1932	Graz, AT	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Calera, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Louisville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	St Augustine, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Palermo, IT	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Rapur, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Bellary, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1932	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	50 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

1794 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1932. 1932 had 213 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	145
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1