Weather Records on 1 October 1941

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1941. Highest significance: Quanah 2 SW, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 1941

On 1 October 1941, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 398 daily.
Quanah 2 SW set a daily record precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 1 October 1941.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 1 October 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fernihurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 230.

Records on 1 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1941

Top 20 records on 1 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1941	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Ardmore, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Snyder, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Henrietta, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Durant, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1941	Plauen, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Sunticoppa, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Sulur, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Alamur(Alamar), IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Bathurst Gaol, AU	monthly low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Sotchi, RU	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1941	Childress 3 W, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	27 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

1813 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1941. 1941 had 425 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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	288
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2