Weather Records on 1 October 1965

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1965. Highest significance: Auburn, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 1965

On 1 October 1965, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 492 daily.
Auburn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 145.3 mm (5.7 in) on 1 October 1965.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 1 October 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Frisco City 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Chibarro (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 1 October 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1965

Top 20 records on 1 October 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1965	Auburn, US	monthly rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1965	Camp Hill 2NW, US	monthly rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1965	Yates Hydro Plt, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1965	Milstead, US	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1965	Frisco City 3 SSW, US	monthly rain	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1965	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1965	Dadeville, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1965	Uniontown, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Griffin, US	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Highland Home, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Thomasville, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Clanton, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Experiment, US	monthly rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Highlands, US	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Selma, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Cornelia, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Newnan 7 WNW, US	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Lebanon, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1965	Covington, US	monthly rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	44 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

1813 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1965. 1965 had 521 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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Data for records on 1965-10-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	368
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1