Weather Records on 10 October 1949

1,525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1949. Highest significance: Pembina, US.

Key Facts for 10 October 1949

On 10 October 1949, 1,525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,453 daily.
Pembina set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 10 October 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,525 stations

1,525 station records on 10 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lottah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Torrumbarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malayattur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,525 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 232, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 831, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 10 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	232
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	831
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 10 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 71, daily 1,453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,343 broken records

Margins by which the 1,343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1949

Top 20 records on 10 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1949	Pembina, US	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1949	Hallock, US	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1949	Guide Rock, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Park River, US	all-time rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Kennebec, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Perumpavur, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Nagambie Cba, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Langdon Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Mount Buffalo Chalet, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Ellendale, US	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1949	Grafton, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

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

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 1,525 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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 50	1,325
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1