Weather Records on 19 October 1944

295 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1944. Highest significance: Brunswick, US.

Key Facts for 19 October 1944

On 19 October 1944, 295 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 280 daily.
Brunswick set an all-time record daily precipitation of 252.0 mm (9.9 in) on 19 October 1944.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

295 stations

295 station records on 19 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	233.9 mm (9.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek-Rainhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

295 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 19 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1944

Top 20 records on 19 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1944	Brunswick, US	all-time rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1944	Jacksonville Wb City, US	monthly rain	233.9 mm (9.2 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1944	Palmaryville, ZA	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Glennville 3NW, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Hilliard, US	monthly rain	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Raiford State Prison, US	all-time rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Espanola, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	173.3 mm (6.8 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Fernandina Beach, US	monthly rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Donkerhoek-Rainhill, ZA	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Plant City, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	St Augustine, US	daily rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Crescent City, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1944	Lake City 2 E, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	37 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

1806 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1944. 1944 had 295 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 25	230
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1