Weather Records on 14 October 1936

239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1936. Highest significance: Palghat, IN.

Key Facts for 14 October 1936

On 14 October 1936, 239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 235 daily.
Palghat set a daily record precipitation of 91.9 mm (3.6 in) on 14 October 1936.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

239 stations

239 station records on 14 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

239 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 60.

Records on 14 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

181 broken records

Margins by which the 181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1936

Top 20 records on 14 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1936	Palghat, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1936	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1936	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Chatham, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Moose Factory, CA	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Quebec, CA	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	59 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Newton, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Cream Hill, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Paterson, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Wappingers Falls, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Dover, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Worcester, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Salisbury, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1936	Battleford, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	37 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

1793 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 239 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853

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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	164
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1