Weather Records on 1 October 1966

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1966. Highest significance: Gurley (Glenroy), AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1966

On 1 October 1966, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 630 daily.
Gurley (Glenroy) set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 1 October 1966.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 1 October 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdamir	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cotswold	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clutha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 October 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 October 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1966

Top 20 records on 1 October 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1966	Gurley (Glenroy), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1966	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Iffley Station, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Nebo, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Kalamare, BW	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Kurdamir, AZ	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Bulliwallah, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), AU	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Mykland, NO	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Dewan, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	South Springfield (South Sprin, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Trichur, IN	daily rain	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1966	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	40 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1966. 1966 had 646 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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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	484
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2