Weather Records on 11 October 1975

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1975. Highest significance: Springwood Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1975

On 11 October 1975, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 555 daily.
Springwood Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 59.0 mm (2.3 in) on 11 October 1975.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 11 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nanuque-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria da Conquista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmor	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macabuzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coppermine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman Fisheries STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balancan de Dominguez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 11 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 11 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

464 broken records

Margins by which the 464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1975

Top 20 records on 11 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1975	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Gest Lock 3, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Mammoth Cave, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Nanuque-Montante, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Goshen, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Concord ASOS, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	33.7 C (92.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Grant Grove, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Mtn Home, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Cynthiana, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Tropic, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Deerfield 1 S, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Grantsville 1ESE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Vitoria da Conquista, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1975	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	49 years	37 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

1793 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 559 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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	435
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1