Weather Records on 1 October 1936

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1936. Highest significance: Yellapur, IN.

Key Facts for 1 October 1936

On 1 October 1936, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 384 daily.
Yellapur set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 1 October 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 1 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 1 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1936

Top 20 records on 1 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1936	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Milan, IT	daily low min	3.7 C (38.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	171 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Brockton, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Princeton, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Ashland, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1936	Amherst, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Framingham, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Winchendon, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	New London, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Grenfell, CA	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Devikulam, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Haverhill, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1936	Lowell, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	29 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

1813 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1936. 1936 had 388 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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Data for records on 1936-10-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 October 1936
Margin	Records
0 to 10	258
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	7