Weather Records on 14 October 1955

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1955. Highest significance: Trenton 2, US.

Key Facts for 14 October 1955

On 14 October 1955, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 516 daily.
Trenton 2 set a daily record precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 14 October 1955.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 14 October 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jagraon	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 343, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 14 October 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	343
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1955

Top 20 records on 14 October 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1955	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1955	State College, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1955	Ashland, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1955	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1955	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1955	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1955	Ranike, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1955	Belleville, CA	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Bandher, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Le Roy, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Elmira, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Gordon, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Franklinville, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1955	Orono, CA	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	52 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

1793 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 540 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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	349
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	37
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	3