Weather Records on 16 October 1945

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1945. Highest significance: Tarikere, IN.

Key Facts for 16 October 1945

On 16 October 1945, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 411 daily.
Tarikere set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 16 October 1945.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 16 October 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1945

Top 20 records on 16 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1945	Tarikere, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1945	Nossa Senhora da Gloria, BR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1945	Paripiranga, BR	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1945	Somwarpet, IN	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1945	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1945	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1945	Wilton, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Kotalpur, IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Attabari, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Abbotsford, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Paravur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Vadgaon (Maval), IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Mysore, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Namakkal, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Palladam, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1945	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	25 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

1796 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1945. 1945 had 414 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	260
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1