Weather Records on 16 October 1951

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1951. Highest significance: Bhiwandi, IN.

Key Facts for 16 October 1951

On 16 October 1951, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 257 daily.
Bhiwandi set a daily record precipitation of 200.7 mm (7.9 in) on 16 October 1951.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 16 October 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhiwandi	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bassein	India	Record daily precipitation	344.7 mm (13.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Athabasca	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ahwa	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nordegg	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kumargram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nasik	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 October 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 October 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 257.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1951

Top 20 records on 16 October 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1951	Bhiwandi, IN	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Avoca (Railway House), AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Kalyan, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Sinnar, IN	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Fortine 1 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Mahim, IN	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Aloograda, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Sangamner, IN	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Bassein, IN	all-time rain	344.7 mm (13.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Kalchini, IN	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Akola, IN	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1951	Parbhani, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1951	Garden Head, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1951	Kamalapuram, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1951	Kachugaon, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1951	Khed, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1951	Riva, IT	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1951	Talegaon D-Dhera, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 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

1796 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 266 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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 25	183
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1