Weather Records on 21 October 1976

1,467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1976. Highest significance: Poronajsk, RU.

Key Facts for 21 October 1976

On 21 October 1976, 1,467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 932 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,431 daily.
Poronajsk set a daily record precipitation of 92.3 mm (3.6 in) on 21 October 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

1,467 stations

1,467 station records on 21 October 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Umbaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Honesdale 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua 4 N Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cullers 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,467 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 414, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 518, Heaviest daily rainfall 423, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 21 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	414
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	518
Heaviest daily rainfall	423
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 21 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 1,431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,265 broken records

Margins by which the 1,265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 570.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1976

Top 20 records on 21 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1976	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1976	Hemlock, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1976	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1976	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Norwich, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Eastport, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Lifjell, NO	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Barrage Angliers, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Arcola, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Brunette Downs, AU	monthly rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Newark, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Uxbridge, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Bjornholt, NO	daily snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1976	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	2 years	48 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

1795 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1976. 1976 had 1,467 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,255
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2