Weather Records on 14 October 1976

862 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1976. Highest significance: Lifjell, NO.

Key Facts for 14 October 1976

On 14 October 1976, 862 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 848 daily.
Lifjell set a daily record snow depth of 25.0 cm (9.8 in) on 14 October 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

862 stations

862 station records on 14 October 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Assare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sankt_Olof	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hammenhog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Club Crocodile Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suvla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cotswold Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Contendas Do Sincora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

862 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 14 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 14 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 848.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

794 broken records

Margins by which the 794 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1976

Top 20 records on 14 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1976	Lifjell, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1976	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1976	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Assare, BR	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Orje, NO	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Braeside, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Mossgiel Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Jericho (Bowsden), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1976	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 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 862 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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 50	772
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2