Weather Records on 21 October 1949

1,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1949. Highest significance: Moana, AU.

Key Facts for 21 October 1949

On 21 October 1949, 1,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 320 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 980 daily.
Moana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 21 October 1949.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

1,015 stations

1,015 station records on 21 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chirelillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nyerilup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chinocup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durrunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kwobrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuringup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,015 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 244, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 21 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	244
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 21 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 980.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

860 broken records

Margins by which the 860 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1949

Top 20 records on 21 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1949	Moana, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Amelup, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	South Comongin, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Chirelillup, AU	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Williams, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Ellensfield, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Bagalkot, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Sirsi, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Oak Park, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Boonville, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	White River, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Waverly, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Nyerilup, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1949	Pallinup, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	45 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

1795 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 1,015 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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Data for records on 1949-10-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	780
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1