Weather Records on 10 October 1934

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1934. Highest significance: Smithfield (Mun), ZA.

Key Facts for 10 October 1934

On 10 October 1934, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 462 daily.
Smithfield (Mun) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 10 October 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 10 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booroondara Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeribar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tilcha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 10 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 47, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1934

Top 20 records on 10 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1934	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1934	Fraserburg, ZA	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1934	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Columbia, US	monthly rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Barkly East, ZA	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	The Meadows Tank, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Goodwater, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	The Wilgas, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Vosburg, ZA	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Anderson, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Yantara, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Collerina (Corrella), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Mansfield 2, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1934	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 510 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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	381
20 to 40	50
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2