Weather Records on 16 October 1967

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1967. Highest significance: Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1967

On 16 October 1967, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 508 daily.
Sandy Cape Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 16 October 1967.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 16 October 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coalgate 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Platt Nat'l Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 October 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1967 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

451 broken records

Margins by which the 451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1967

Top 20 records on 16 October 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1967	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1967	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1967	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1967	Hermann, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1967	Durham, GB	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Pontiac, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Malvern, GB	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Lockwood, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Houston, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Jerome, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Virtsu, EE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Lincoln, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Wills Pt, US	monthly rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Mexico, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Kankakee 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Angola, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Hull, GB	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1967	Fulton, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	41 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

1796 to 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1967. 1967 had 516 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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 10	362
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1