Weather Records on 7 October 1944

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1944. Highest significance: Turaiyur, IN.

Key Facts for 7 October 1944

On 7 October 1944, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 258 daily.
Turaiyur set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 7 October 1944.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 7 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 63.

Records on 7 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1944

Top 20 records on 7 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1944	Turaiyur, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1944	Vanur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Sveg, SE	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Coloso, PR	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Alipurduar, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Greenfield Ctr, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Tindivanam, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Gingee, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Borzja, RU	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Mina, US	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1944	Tittagudi, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	20 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

1802 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1944. 1944 had 265 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	182
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1