Weather Records on 17 October 1959

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1959. Highest significance: Nambour Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 17 October 1959

On 17 October 1959, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 390 daily.
Nambour Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 186.9 mm (7.4 in) on 17 October 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 17 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooloolabin Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maroochydore Swan Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coolum Beach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plain View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yabba Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1959

Top 20 records on 17 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1959	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Buderim Post Office, AU	daily rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	153.6 mm (6.0 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Freewood, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Pomona Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Cooloolabin Forestry, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Maroochydore Swan Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Pialba Post Office, AU	monthly rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Anderleigh, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Wrangell AP, US	all-time rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Coolum Beach Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Amamoor Forestry, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1959	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	72 years	39 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 403 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	266
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1