Weather Records on 1 October 1951

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1951. Highest significance: Latehar, IN.

Key Facts for 1 October 1951

On 1 October 1951, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 495 daily.
Latehar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 189.2 mm (7.4 in) on 1 October 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 1 October 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seodha(Seondha)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Brug (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chitvel	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boontjieskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alunite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Channel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blythe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 205.

Records on 1 October 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1951

Top 20 records on 1 October 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1951	Latehar, IN	monthly rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1951	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Seodha(Seondha), IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Lacrosse, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Bologna, IT	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Deer Park AP, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	De Brug (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Haliyal, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Voravakal(Varaka), IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1951	Cookhouse (Sar), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1951	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1951	Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	31 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

1813 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1951. 1951 had 521 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	383
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1