Weather Records on 10 October 1976

1,008 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1976. Highest significance: Portageville 1N, US.

Key Facts for 10 October 1976

On 10 October 1976, 1,008 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 331 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 993 daily.
Portageville 1N set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 10 October 1976.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

1,008 stations

1,008 station records on 10 October 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Binnu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Neilborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Tome	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South Edwards 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Youanmi Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sabattis 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Nova Do Paraopeba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Artemis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canastota	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,008 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 530, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	530
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 993.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

861 broken records

Margins by which the 861 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1976

Top 20 records on 10 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1976	Portageville 1N, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1976	Porto da Folha, BR	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1976	Beaver Falls, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Stillwater Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Binnu, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Neilborough, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Hemlock, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Sao Tome, BR	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	South Edwards 1 E, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Frankfort Lock 19, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Atley, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Montrose, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Avon, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Youanmi Downs, AU	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Chasm Falls, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	New London Lock #22, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1976	Addison, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	81 years	42 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 1,008 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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	766
20 to 40	87
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1