Weather Records on 7 October 1936

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1936. Highest significance: Wetumpka, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1936

On 7 October 1936, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 427 daily.
Wetumpka set a monthly record daily precipitation of 162.6 mm (6.4 in) on 7 October 1936.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 7 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Sus Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 7 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1936

Top 20 records on 7 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1936	Wetumpka, US	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1936	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Eufaula, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Brinkley, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Purnea, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Warren, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Bologna, IT	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Jennings, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Dover, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1936	Chengam, IN	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	North Lake, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1936	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	28 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

1802 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1936. 1936 had 436 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	318
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2