Weather Records on 31 October 1965

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1965. Highest significance: Malin Head, IE.

Key Facts for 31 October 1965

On 31 October 1965, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 328 daily.
Malin Head set a daily record precipitation of 32.4 mm (1.3 in) on 31 October 1965.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 31 October 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heaslip	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anatone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eutin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 18.

Records on 31 October 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 October 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 328.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1965

Top 20 records on 31 October 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1965	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1965	Paisley, GB	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Saittarova_D, SE	monthly rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	New Liskeard, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Durham, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Lulea-Bergnaset, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Lulea, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Ellendale, AU	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Barrage Mercier, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1965	Kenogami, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Barrage A Lac Kempt, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Bairgania, IN	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Umea, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1965	Ganca, AZ	daily low min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	69 years	29 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

1805 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1965. 1965 had 340 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 25	249
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1