Weather Records on 16 October 1935

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1935. Highest significance: Bodalla Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1935

On 16 October 1935, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 390 daily.
Bodalla Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 16 October 1935.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 16 October 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 October 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1935

Top 20 records on 16 October 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1935	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1935	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1935	Laghouat, DZ	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1935	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1935	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Lakin, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Lares, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Scott City, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Southern Pines 2 W, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Aberfeldy, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	St John's, CA	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Alfred, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Quesnel, CA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1935	Vriddhachalam, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 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

1796 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1935. 1935 had 395 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	277
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1