Weather Records on 22 October 1943

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1943. Highest significance: Cap Madeleine, CA.

Key Facts for 22 October 1943

On 22 October 1943, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 203 daily.
Cap Madeleine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 22 October 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 22 October 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eleanor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wahluke	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 22 October 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 October 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

175 broken records

Margins by which the 175 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1943

Top 20 records on 22 October 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1943	Cap Madeleine, CA	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Cape Norman, CA	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Gavle, SE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Savanne, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Meadow Valley Rs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Border 3 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1943	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Karikode, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Mc Minnville, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Beech Creek, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Rock Creek, CA	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Vinga, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high max	15.1 C (59.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Nawadah, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1943	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	26 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

1793 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 208 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	156
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1