Weather Records on 16 October 1941

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1941. Highest significance: Nidamangalam, IN.

Key Facts for 16 October 1941

On 16 October 1941, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 218 daily.
Nidamangalam set a daily record precipitation of 102.1 mm (4.0 in) on 16 October 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 16 October 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kawai Iki Intake 880	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 218.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1941

Top 20 records on 16 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1941	Nidamangalam, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1941	Kizljar, RU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1941	Edna 3 SW, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1941	Tirukkattupalli, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1941	Harrison, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1941	Kawai Iki Intake 880, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Tirumayam, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Karasjok, NO	daily low min	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	monthly low min	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Karimganj, IN	daily rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Haparanda, SE	daily low max	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Bakke, NO	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Austwell, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1941	Vardoe, NO	daily low min	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	22 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

1796 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 220 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	167
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1