Weather Records on 16 October 1971

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1971. Highest significance: Watertown Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 1971

On 16 October 1971, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 307 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 940 daily.
Watertown Rgnl AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 16 October 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 16 October 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ortonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itapira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Formoso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pajingo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordeiropolis (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bear River Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brakkies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 187, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 410, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 16 October 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	187
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	410
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 16 October 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 37, daily 940.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

827 broken records

Margins by which the 827 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1971

Top 20 records on 16 October 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1971	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1971	Austin #2, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1971	Geraldton Town, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1971	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1971	Bladensburg, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1971	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1971	Milray Station Wrc, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Austin #2, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Truckee Rs, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Ortonville, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Floraville Downs Station, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Murom, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Lake Spaulding, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Carson City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Middletown, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1971	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	47 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 979 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 October 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 50	790
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1