Weather Records on 22 October 1959

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1959. Highest significance: Albion Park Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1959

On 22 October 1959, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 513 daily.
Albion Park Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 283.7 mm (11.2 in) on 22 October 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 22 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	283.7 mm (11.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maddens Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fassifern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 289.

Records on 22 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1959

Top 20 records on 22 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1959	Albion Park Post Office, AU	monthly rain	283.7 mm (11.2 in)	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	30 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1959	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1959	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Goulburn (Pomeroy), AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Brunswick, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Yass (Derringullen), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Maddens Creek, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Flahult, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Appin Church St, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Bonang, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Exeter, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Fassifern, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Orangajuli, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1959	Panki, IN	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	40 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 524 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 25	383
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1