Weather Records on 7 October 1949

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1949. Highest significance: Greensboro, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1949

On 7 October 1949, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 565 daily.
Greensboro set a daily record precipitation of 88.1 mm (3.5 in) on 7 October 1949.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

576 stations

576 station records on 7 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 24.

Records on 7 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1949

Top 20 records on 7 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1949	Greensboro, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Browning, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Sulphur Springs, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Fallston, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Warrenton, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Laketown, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1949	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1949	Houston Wb City, US	monthly rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1949	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1949	Toccoa, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1949	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1949	Awini 182.1, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1949	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1949	Caroleen, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	30 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1949. 1949 had 576 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 25	427
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2