Weather Records on 19 October 1942

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1942. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 19 October 1942

On 19 October 1942, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 267 daily.
Praha-Klementinum set a daily record precipitation of 29.4 mm (1.2 in) on 19 October 1942.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 19 October 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nassau	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woods (Quoin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Central Kin Kin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campos Sales	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 179.

Records on 19 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1942

Top 20 records on 19 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1942	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 October 1942	Tambe (Itambe), BR	monthly rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo), BR	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe), BR	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Hamilton (Uralla), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Pianco, BR	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Milan, IT	daily high max	25.3 C (77.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Reedy Flat, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Curaca, BR	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Pombal, BR	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Mount Nassau, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Truro Nsac, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1942	Andover, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1942	Mount Seymour (Overton), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1942	Woods (Quoin), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1942	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	34 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

1806 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1942. 1942 had 270 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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	191
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1