Weather Records on 7 October 1950

363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1950. Highest significance: Springvale, AU.

Key Facts for 7 October 1950

On 7 October 1950, 363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 354 daily.
Springvale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 7 October 1950.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

363 stations

363 station records on 7 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milguy (Myee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lissington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yandarloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallandoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Savary Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

363 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 7 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1950

Top 20 records on 7 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1950	Springvale, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Milguy (Myee), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Werrina, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Amby, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Oakwood, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Lissington, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Jamkhandi, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Lucknow Station, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Croppa Creek (Krui Plains), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Rowena (Waroonga), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Nanaimo Departure Bay, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Binalong Post Office, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1950	Yandarloo, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	40 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

1802 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1950. 1950 had 363 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 20	295
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2