Weather Records on 1 October 1952

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1952. Highest significance: Blanchetown, AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1952

On 1 October 1952, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 647 daily.
Blanchetown set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 October 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 1 October 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanchetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie (Neathvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waikerie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda (Brownlow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Reach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalind	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Willogoleche)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Veitch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paringa (Beardy Park Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mindarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 249, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 371, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 1 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	249
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 65, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1952

Top 20 records on 1 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1952	Blanchetown, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1952	Carrieton (Yanyarrie), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Burra (Kooringa), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Saddleworth, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Sedan, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Mulculca, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Hallett, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Terowie (Neathvale), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1952	Hallett (Ketchowla), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	47 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

1813 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1952. 1952 had 712 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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Data for records on 1952-10-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	530
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1