Weather Records on 14 October 1950

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1950. Highest significance: Cape Don, AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1950

On 14 October 1950, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 422 daily.
Cape Don set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 14 October 1950.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 14 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Binka	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laurier	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 14 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1950

Top 20 records on 14 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1950	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1950	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1950	Roto (Coombie), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1950	Khed, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1950	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1950	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1950	Shirol, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Satara, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Bagewadi, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Hilo 86A, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Atlanta 1 E, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Kowardha, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Sawantwadi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Sira, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Mesa, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Fruitland, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Ft Valley, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1950	Barrett Dam, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	24 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 432 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 October 1950
Margin	Records
0 to 10	287
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2