Weather Records on 21 October 1952

848 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1952. Highest significance: Brooksville Chin Hill, US.

Key Facts for 21 October 1952

On 21 October 1952, 848 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 694 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 108 monthly and 740 daily.
Brooksville Chin Hill set a daily record precipitation of 130.3 mm (5.1 in) on 21 October 1952.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

848 stations

848 station records on 21 October 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chute Aux Galets	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

848 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 554, Heaviest daily rainfall 56, Heaviest daily snowfall 17.

Records on 21 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	554
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 108, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1952

Top 20 records on 21 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1952	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1952	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Bluefield 2 NW, US	monthly low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Buckhannon, US	monthly low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	monthly low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Wytheville, US	monthly low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Hillsboro, US	monthly low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Huntington 1, US	monthly low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1952	Greenville Wtp, US	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1952	Staunton Wtp, US	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1952	Dwtn Charleston, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1952	New Burnside, US	monthly low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1952	Cambridge City 3 N, US	monthly low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1952	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	monthly low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1952	Greeneville Exp STN, US	monthly low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1952	Kislovodsk, RU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 years	32 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

1795 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 848 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	654
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1