Weather Records on 22 October 1955

457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1955. Highest significance: Blackville (Welton Dale), AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1955

On 22 October 1955, 457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 440 daily.
Blackville (Welton Dale) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 22 October 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

457 stations

457 station records on 22 October 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	262.4 mm (10.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

457 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 October 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 October 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1955

Top 20 records on 22 October 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1955	Blackville (Welton Dale), AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1955	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1955	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1955	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1955	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1955	Bunnan (Milhaven), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Chikodi, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Kalkfontein, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Eugowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Itchapuram, IN	daily rain	262.4 mm (10.3 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1955	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 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

1793 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 457 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	345
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1