Weather Records on 15 October 1935

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1935. Highest significance: Dillon U of Montana Western, US.

Key Facts for 15 October 1935

On 15 October 1935, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 296 daily.
Dillon U of Montana Western set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 15 October 1935.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

303 stations

303 station records on 15 October 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.3 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 October 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 October 1935 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1935

Top 20 records on 15 October 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1935	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1935	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	120.3 mm (4.7 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1935	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1935	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1935	Hebgen Dam, US	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1935	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	all-time rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Kirnur Nam, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Virginia City, US	all-time rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Tunis, TN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Towner 2 NE, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Russell, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Bosque del Apache, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Bottineau, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Mohall, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Willow City, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1935	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1935. 1935 had 303 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	231
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1