Weather Records on 20 October 1959

451 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1959. Highest significance: Cavan, AU.

Key Facts for 20 October 1959

On 20 October 1959, 451 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 446 daily.
Cavan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 20 October 1959.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

451 stations

451 station records on 20 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mimosa Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Droogefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkersdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bethanga Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

451 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 331, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	331
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1959

Top 20 records on 20 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1959	Cavan, AU	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1959	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1959	Brigalow Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Wittebank, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Balfour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Genoa, IT	daily rain	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Katdoornput 29, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Tweeling (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Woonona (Popes Rd), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Hartbeesfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Surat, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Argalong (the Farm), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Morgenrood, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Leeuwpoort, ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Bushy Band, ZA	monthly rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Mtunzini, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1959	Goedemoed, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	37 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

1806 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1959. 1959 had 451 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	348
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1