Weather Records on 7 October 1945

257 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1945. Highest significance: Lewiston, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1945

On 7 October 1945, 257 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 252 daily.
Lewiston set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 7 October 1945.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

257 stations

257 station records on 7 October 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Intake	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Navanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

257 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1945

Top 20 records on 7 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1945	Lewiston, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1945	Farmington, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Rumford, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Fairmont, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Sulitjelma, NO	monthly rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Hajo, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Roby, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1945	Beiarn, NO	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Quebec, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Leeupoort, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Durham, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Kadayam, IN	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Cairo Ezbekiya, EG	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Wilton, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Lodi, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1945	Newport, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	23 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1945. 1945 had 257 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	180
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2