Weather Records on 7 October 1947

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1947. Highest significance: Narrawong, AU.

Key Facts for 7 October 1947

On 7 October 1947, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 532 daily.
Narrawong set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 7 October 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 7 October 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Narrawong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boscabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Av-A-Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sukinda	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durrunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keninup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kuringup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kwobrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 October 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 October 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1947

Top 20 records on 7 October 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1947	Narrawong, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Boscabel, AU	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Pueblo City Rsvr, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Palladam, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Armadale, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Bunbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Mandurah Park, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Bandwan, IN	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Av-A-Rest, AU	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1947	Sukinda, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Durrunook, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Kojonup, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Redlands, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Logan 1 WNW, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Rushy Pool, AU	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Nyabing, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1947	Brunswick, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	31 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1947. 1947 had 557 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	399
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2