Weather Records on 20 October 1965

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1965. Highest significance: Virginia, US.

Key Facts for 20 October 1965

On 20 October 1965, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 339 daily.
Virginia set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 20 October 1965.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 20 October 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Correntes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 October 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 October 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1965

Top 20 records on 20 October 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1965	Virginia, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Tromso, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Correntes, BR	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Panki, IN	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Tantoyuca, MX	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Ocean Falls, CA	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1965	Palampur, IN	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Karasjok, NO	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Exeter, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Paducah, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Ft Morgan, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Olney 2S, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Huntington, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1965	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

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

1806 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1965. 1965 had 340 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	261
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1