Weather Records on 19 October 1952

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1952. Highest significance: Ridgetown, CA.

Key Facts for 19 October 1952

On 19 October 1952, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 252 daily.
Ridgetown set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 19 October 1952.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

253 stations

253 station records on 19 October 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pen	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pandherikawara	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lucin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1952

Top 20 records on 19 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1952	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1952	Quebec, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Edmundston, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Rajapur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Haina 214, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Sarnia, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Mont Laurier, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Kukuihaele Hic 199, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Armagh, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Donegaon, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1952	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1952	Quebec, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1952	Honokane 181.1, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1952	Pathardi, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1952	Pen, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	28 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

1806 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1952. 1952 had 253 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 50	186
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1