Weather Records on 16 October 1975

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1975. Highest significance: Peppermint Grove, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1975

On 16 October 1975, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 472 daily.
Peppermint Grove set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 16 October 1975.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 16 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blue River North	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ofahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver City Hall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Metchosin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amealco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sterlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 16 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 16 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1975

Top 20 records on 16 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1975	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1975	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Seymour Falls, CA	daily rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Blue River North, CA	all-time rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Vancouver Int'l A, CA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Tallulah, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Melrose, AU	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Natchez, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Garibaldi, CA	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Ofahoma, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Minara, AU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Powers Lake 1N, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1975	Mabel Downs, AU	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	51 years	36 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1975. 1975 had 487 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 20	363
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1