Weather Records on 17 October 1942

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1942. Highest significance: Jallesore, IN.

Key Facts for 17 October 1942

On 17 October 1942, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 331 daily.
Jallesore set an all-time record daily precipitation of 367.3 mm (14.5 in) on 17 October 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 17 October 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jallesore	India	Record daily precipitation	367.3 mm (14.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	325.1 mm (12.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mankachar	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onda	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1942

Top 20 records on 17 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1942	Jallesore, IN	all-time rain	367.3 mm (14.5 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1942	Midnapore, IN	all-time rain	325.1 mm (12.8 in)	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	15 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1942	Itaporanga (Misericordia), BR	monthly rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Ft Morgan, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Burdwan, IN	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Haringhata, IN	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Brejo Santo, BR	monthly rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Pianco, BR	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Menard, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	La Veta Pass, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Trinidad, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Aurora, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Sonamukhi, IN	monthly rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Barra, BR	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Vishnupur, IN	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Springer, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Kenton, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Berhampore, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	La Veta Pass, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1942	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 349 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 100	300
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1