Weather Records on 1 October 1955

280 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1955. Highest significance: Rison, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 1955

On 1 October 1955, 280 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 266 daily.
Rison set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 1 October 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

280 stations

280 station records on 1 October 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ranibandh	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pindron	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jawad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pithora	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

280 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 1 October 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 266.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1955

Top 20 records on 1 October 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1955	Rison, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1955	Clarksville 2NE, US	monthly rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Sarangarh, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Ramanagar, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Colorado City, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Arang, IN	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Celaya (Smn), MX	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Ranibandh, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Dhamtari, IN	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Kathghora, IN	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Pindron, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	monthly rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Amta, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Kolaghat, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1955	Gariabund, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1955	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	33 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

1813 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1955. 1955 had 280 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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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	175
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1