Weather Records on 7 October 1951

604 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1951. Highest significance: Philadelphia City, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1951

On 7 October 1951, 604 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 236 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 593 daily.
Philadelphia City set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 7 October 1951.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

604 stations

604 station records on 7 October 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Old Banchory Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Island 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

604 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 7 October 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1951

Top 20 records on 7 October 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1951	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1951	Albany, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Trenton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Koonamore, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Mirtna, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Ville Marie, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Plainfield, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Cutchogue, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Ashland, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Ridgefield, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1951	Gordon, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	38 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1951. 1951 had 604 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 10	369
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2