Weather Records on 14 October 1981

1,155 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1981. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 14 October 1981

On 14 October 1981, 1,155 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 300 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,122 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 44.4 mm (1.7 in) on 14 October 1981.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,155 stations

1,155 station records on 14 October 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	240.3 mm (9.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie-Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doornbosch	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eddyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kykrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mono Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lammerkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vondelingsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corydon 8 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,155 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 560, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 14 October 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	560
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 14 October 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 1,122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1981

Top 20 records on 14 October 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1981	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	118 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 October 1981	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	monthly rain	240.3 mm (9.5 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1981	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1981	Kamferskraal, ZA	all-time rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1981	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	monthly rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1981	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1981	Iowa City, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Poortjie-Wes, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Washington, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Karaby-Yala, UA	monthly rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Fairfield, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Sherman, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Vinga, SE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Centerville, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Doornbosch, ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Unionville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Eddyville, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1981	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	82 years	49 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 1,155 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	871
25 to 50	86
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2