Weather Records on 31 October 1959

484 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1959. Highest significance: Rosenberg, US.

Key Facts for 31 October 1959

On 31 October 1959, 484 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 452 daily.
Rosenberg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 276.9 mm (10.9 in) on 31 October 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

484 stations

484 station records on 31 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	276.9 mm (10.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dwars-In-Die-Weg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dumure	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fassifern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ukmerge	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Highlands Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

484 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 31 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 31 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1959

Top 20 records on 31 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1959	Rosenberg, US	all-time rain	276.9 mm (10.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1959	McBride 4SE, CA	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Dwars-In-Die-Weg, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Sugar Land, US	monthly rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Dumure, ZA	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Fassifern, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Benkelman 1N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Snowflake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Los Alamos, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Burnley Richmond Park, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Ukmerge, LT	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	monthly snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Luna Rs, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Waiawa 943, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Bowie, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1959	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 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

1805 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1959. 1959 had 484 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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	353
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2