Weather Records on 1 October 1975

561 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1975. Highest significance: Leakesville 6 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 1975

On 1 October 1975, 561 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 533 daily.
Leakesville 6 WSW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 173.5 mm (6.8 in) on 1 October 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

561 stations

561 station records on 1 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Agterkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Forest Res	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma City Hall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

561 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 533.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1975

Top 20 records on 1 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1975	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1975	Wien, AT	monthly high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Merrill, US	monthly rain	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	187 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Canobie, AU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Saguache, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Putbus, DE	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	116 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Risdon, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Wattle Hill, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Agterkop, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Ravensdale, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Pitea, SE	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Adairsville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1975	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	35 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1975. 1975 had 561 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 10	381
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2