Weather Records on 22 October 1977

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1977. Highest significance: Atchison, US.

Key Facts for 22 October 1977

On 22 October 1977, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 606 daily.
Atchison set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 22 October 1977.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 22 October 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chokpak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pendzhikent	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hardy A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keurboomsrivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heartsease	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust'-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec de Benito Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gulu	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 205, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 October 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 October 1977 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1977

Top 20 records on 22 October 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1977	Atchison, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Ojinaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	The Meadows, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	The Grange, Umzimkul, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Bedford, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Chokpak, KZ	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Pendzhikent, TJ	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Pskem, UZ	all-time rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Port Hardy A, CA	all-time rain	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	King City, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Alert Bay, CA	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Tbilisi, GE	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Tavernier, US	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Cacahoatan, MX	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Keurboomsrivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Masindi, UG	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Bull Harbour, CA	monthly rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1977	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	79 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

1793 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1977. 1977 had 624 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	543
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1