Weather Records on 16 October 1977

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1977. Highest significance: Lillydale, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 October 1977

On 16 October 1977, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 541 daily.
Lillydale set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 16 October 1977.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 16 October 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haarlem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shovi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ambrolauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zugdidi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
D'Java	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 172, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 October 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	172
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 October 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1977

Top 20 records on 16 October 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1977	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1977	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Eagle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Southampton, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Belleville, CA	daily low max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Bordeaux, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Haarlem, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Brockville, CA	daily low max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Welland, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Catemaco, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Gudermes, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Port Dover, CA	daily low max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Shovi, GE	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Ridgetown, CA	daily low min	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1977	Catemaco, MX	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	16 years	36 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1977. 1977 had 549 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 20	389
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1