Weather Records on 22 October 1975

742 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1975. Highest significance: Mount Marlow, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1975

On 22 October 1975, 742 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 722 daily.
Mount Marlow set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.0 mm (5.4 in) on 22 October 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

742 stations

742 station records on 22 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Murnpeowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aughamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eulolo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guirapa (Umburanas)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caroda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

742 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 22 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 22 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

628 broken records

Margins by which the 628 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1975

Top 20 records on 22 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1975	Mount Marlow, AU	monthly rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1975	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1975	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1975	Greenvale, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1975	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1975	Rosella Plains Station, AU	monthly rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1975	Sarina Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Crandall Creek, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Marree (Murnpeowie), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Nebo, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Yacamunda Station, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Oodnadatta Airport, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1975	Didcot, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	49 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 742 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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Data for records on 1975-10-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	553
25 to 50	48
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1