Weather Records on 1 October 1942

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1942. Highest significance: Pella, ZA.

Key Facts for 1 October 1942

On 1 October 1942, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 259 daily.
Pella set a daily record precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 1 October 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

290 stations

290 station records on 1 October 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

229 broken records

Margins by which the 229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1942

Top 20 records on 1 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1942	Pella, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Taung, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Zevenfontein, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Warrenton (Mun), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Woudzicht, ZA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Hollowaysrust, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Nelsdrift, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Waren, DE	monthly high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Rjukan, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Beito, NO	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1942	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	monthly high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1942	Rauland, NO	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1942	Daflating, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1942	Weissenburg, DE	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1942	Aseral, NO	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1942	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly high max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1942	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1942	Huntington, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	30 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1942. 1942 had 290 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 October 1942
Margin	Records
0 to 10	199
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1