Weather Records on 16 October 1955

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1955. Highest significance: Middletown 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 1955

On 16 October 1955, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 410 daily.
Middletown 4 W set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 16 October 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 16 October 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canajoharie	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoffmeister 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lobatse	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 16 October 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 16 October 1955 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1955

Top 20 records on 16 October 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1955	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1955	Norwalk, US	all-time rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1955	Poughkeepsie, US	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1955	Cortland, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Lowville, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Slurry, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Celaya (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Clyde Lock 26, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Gloversville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Colchester 2 W, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1955	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	45 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

1796 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1955. 1955 had 427 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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 10	255
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	13
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1