Weather Records on 16 October 1976

1,053 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1976. Highest significance: Cooma Lambie Street, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1976

On 16 October 1976, 1,053 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 579 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,002 daily.
Cooma Lambie Street set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 16 October 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,053 stations

1,053 station records on 16 October 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lunner	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Richmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mayfern	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Umeralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kolomyia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,053 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 238, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 341, Heaviest daily rainfall 383, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 16 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	238
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	341
Heaviest daily rainfall	383
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 16 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 49, daily 1,002.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

911 broken records

Margins by which the 911 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 670.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1976

Top 20 records on 16 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1976	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 October 1976	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	monthly rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 October 1976	Gudgenby, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Nelson, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Beech Forest, AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Yalwal, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	daily rain	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Santana Do Matos, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Lunner, NO	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1976	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1976	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1976	Tovdal, NO	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1976	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1976	Darlington (Ware Street), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1976	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1976	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	57 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 1,053 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 100	899
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1