Weather Records on 22 October 1966

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1966. Highest significance: Dunolly, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1966

On 22 October 1966, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 354 daily.
Dunolly set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 22 October 1966.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

362 stations

362 station records on 22 October 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cornucopia	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salgadalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cornucopia	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anatone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coonoor	India	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pablillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 22 October 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 22 October 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1966

Top 20 records on 22 October 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1966	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1966	Morro Do Chapeu, BR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Lake Kachess, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Lake Kachess, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Zandvoort, NL	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Uman, UA	monthly rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Salvador, BR	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Halfway, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1966	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1966	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	34 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

1793 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 362 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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 50	292
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1