Weather Records on 16 October 1965

498 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1965. Highest significance: Aunet, NO.

Key Facts for 16 October 1965

On 16 October 1965, 498 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 493 daily.
Aunet set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 16 October 1965.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

498 stations

498 station records on 16 October 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kruisrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Northdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

498 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 16 October 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 16 October 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

398 broken records

Margins by which the 398 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1965

Top 20 records on 16 October 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1965	Aunet, NO	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1965	Moab, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Orderville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Muthupet, IN	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Karasjok, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Zion Np, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Oktjabrskaja, RU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	La Sal, US	all-time rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Caplinger Mills, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Flagstaff AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Lencois, BR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Narasannapeta, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1965	Rico, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	23 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

1796 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1965. 1965 had 498 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	365
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1