Weather Records on 10 October 1936

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1936. Highest significance: Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US.

Key Facts for 10 October 1936

On 10 October 1936, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 332 daily.
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 10 October 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 10 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Herrs Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 118.

Records on 10 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1936

Top 20 records on 10 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1936	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Cadiz, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Sinnar, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Greensburg, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Cambridge St Hospital, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	New Castle 1 N, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Saltsburg, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Herrs Island Dam, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Wien, AT	daily low max	5.3 C (41.5 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1936	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Claysville 3 W, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Port Washington, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Bonaparte 5 NE, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1936	Weldon, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	30 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 354 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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	227
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1