Weather Records on 1 October 1950

1,019 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1950. Highest significance: East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1950

On 1 October 1950, 1,019 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 525 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 1,000 daily.
East Toorale (Toorale Station) set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 1 October 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,019 stations

1,019 station records on 1 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,019 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 225, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 300, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	225
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	300
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 1,000.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

835 broken records

Margins by which the 835 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1950

Top 20 records on 1 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1950	East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1950	Milaca, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Superior, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Mora, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Flandreau, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Lincoln 1 SE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Cloquet, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Dandaloo (Kelvin), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Red Oak, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Meadowlands 9 S, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1950	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	37 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

1813 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1950. 1950 had 1,019 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 20	795
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3