Weather Records on 17 October 1949

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1949. Highest significance: Vaduj, IN.

Key Facts for 17 October 1949

On 17 October 1949, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 435 daily.
Vaduj set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 17 October 1949.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 17 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bicton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kumargram	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1949

Top 20 records on 17 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1949	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Greenvale, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Islampur, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Beaver Mines, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Beaver Mines, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Irwin 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Borsat, IN	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Amalner, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Mill Bay, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Bicton, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Skara 1, SE	monthly high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1949	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1949	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1949	Putbus, DE	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	74 years	33 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

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 442 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	351
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1