Weather Records on 17 October 1935

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1935. Highest significance: Holmogadd A, SE.

Key Facts for 17 October 1935

On 17 October 1935, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 329 daily.
Holmogadd A set a daily record precipitation of 36.7 mm (1.4 in) on 17 October 1935.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

337 stations

337 station records on 17 October 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 October 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 October 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1935

Top 20 records on 17 October 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1935	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Sholingur, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Carlinville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Franklyn Vale, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Graceville Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Nebraska City 1 NW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Sullurpet, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Greenfield, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Salina, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Thurman, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1935	Quatsino, CA	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1935	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1935	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1935	Corning, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1935	Beatrice, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1935	Toowong Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	28 years	31 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

1793 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 337 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	242
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2