Weather Records on 19 October 1966

988 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1966. Highest significance: Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 1966

On 19 October 1966, 988 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 389 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 965 daily.
Jerilderie (Yanko Station) set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 19 October 1966.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

988 stations

988 station records on 19 October 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Papanasam	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shepparton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shuswap Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Angeles	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	161.6 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

988 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 294, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 556, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 19 October 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	294
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	556
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 19 October 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 965.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

893 broken records

Margins by which the 893 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1966

Top 20 records on 19 October 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1966	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1966	Solomons, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1966	Nannilam, IN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Oatlands (Bow Hill), AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Papanasam, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Saude, BR	monthly rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Cedartown, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Chestertown, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Bellingham 2 N, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Wilmington Porter Rsch, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Owings Ferry Landing, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	New Brunswick Exp STN, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Plainfield, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1966	Shepparton East, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 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

1806 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1966. 1966 had 988 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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	762
20 to 40	82
40 to 60	31
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2