Weather Records on 1 October 1977

1,097 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1977. Highest significance: Orskar_A, SE.

Key Facts for 1 October 1977

On 1 October 1977, 1,097 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 163 monthly and 934 daily.
Orskar_A set a daily record precipitation of 36.5 mm (1.4 in) on 1 October 1977.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,097 stations

1,097 station records on 1 October 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lagrange	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Untra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Purdue UNIV AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gluckstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vattholma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tjarnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,097 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 625, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 October 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	625
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 October 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 163, daily 934.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

927 broken records

Margins by which the 927 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1977

Top 20 records on 1 October 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1977	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Hamilton Fairfield, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Monroe City, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Danville, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Knightstown 2 ENE, US	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Brookville, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Lagrange, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Utica, US	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Ariri, BR	monthly rain	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1977	Fairmont, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Greenfield, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Fairview, CA	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Rouxville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Whitestown, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Winnebago, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Gysinge, SE	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Untra, SE	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Faith, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1977	Winner, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	54 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

1813 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1977. 1977 had 1,097 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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Data for records on 1977-10-01: 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 10	727
10 to 20	106
20 to 30	55
30 to 40	23
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1