Weather Records on 7 October 1940

159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1940. Highest significance: Tuttlingen, DE.

Key Facts for 7 October 1940

On 7 October 1940, 159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 157 daily.
Tuttlingen set a daily record precipitation of 33.4 mm (1.3 in) on 7 October 1940.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

159 stations

159 station records on 7 October 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsburg Near	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

159 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 74.

Records on 7 October 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

123 broken records

Margins by which the 123 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

7 October 1940

Top 20 records on 7 October 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1940	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1940	Haiku 490, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1940	Montpelier, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1940	Markapur, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Junsele, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Cumbam, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Hamilton, CA	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Wayne, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Quebec, CA	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	59 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Huntsville, CA	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Kempten, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Brome, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1940	Ennore Obsy, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	23 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1940. 1940 had 159 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).