Weather Records on 16 October 1934

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1934. Highest significance: Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1934

On 16 October 1934, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 693 daily.
Goonoo Goonoo Station set a daily record precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 16 October 1934.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 16 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mercadool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 479, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 16 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	479
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 693.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1934

Top 20 records on 16 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1934	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Werris Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Burrundulla, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Blackville (Welton Dale), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Sunnyside Farm, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Wollong, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Kenora, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Steele 4N, US	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Mullaley (Garrawilla), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1934	Moonan Flat (High St), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	45 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

1796 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1934. 1934 had 712 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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).