Weather Records on 1 October 1949

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1949. Highest significance: Deori, IN.

Key Facts for 1 October 1949

On 1 October 1949, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 251 daily.
Deori set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 1 October 1949.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

254 stations

254 station records on 1 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Unchhera	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakhurst 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tirora	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Langsloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gravatt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatigaon	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniara (Aligarh)	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surpura (Nokha)	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 1 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 251.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

203 broken records

Margins by which the 203 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1949

Top 20 records on 1 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1949	Deori, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1949	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1949	Sirpur, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1949	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1949	Jabera, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1949	Unchhera, IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1949	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1949	Dausa, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Khapari, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Texas Station, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Kayatnur, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Kriel (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Texas Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Chama, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Cudal Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Neemkathana, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1949	Clovis, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	27 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

1813 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1949. 1949 had 254 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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	150
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2