Weather Records on 17 October 1936

338 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1936. Highest significance: Independence, US.

Key Facts for 17 October 1936

On 17 October 1936, 338 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 332 daily.
Independence set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.5 mm (2.0 in) on 17 October 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

338 stations

338 station records on 17 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

338 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1936

Top 20 records on 17 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1936	Independence, US	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Philo 3 SW, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Storrs, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	State College, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Rumford, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Newport, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Colchester 2 W, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Philo, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Centre Hall, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1936	Astoria, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1936	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1936	Lewiston, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1936	Johnstown, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1936	Quebec, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1936	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	32 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 338 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	241
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2