Weather Records on 17 October 1964

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1964. Highest significance: Te Kowai Exp STN, AU.

Key Facts for 17 October 1964

On 17 October 1964, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 481 daily.
Te Kowai Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 17 October 1964.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 17 October 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moree (Talmoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shottery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cockatoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 17 October 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 October 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1964

Top 20 records on 17 October 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1964	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1964	Salvador, BR	monthly rain	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1964	Yungaburra, AU	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Mendota, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Peeramon, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Canobie, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Walkerston, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Damascus, US	all-time rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Wooroolin Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1964	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1964. 1964 had 492 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	374
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1