Weather Records on 22 October 1981

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1981. Highest significance: Bancroft, CA.

Key Facts for 22 October 1981

On 22 October 1981, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 478 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 917 daily.
Bancroft set a daily record snowfall of 6.0 cm (2.4 in) on 22 October 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 22 October 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorie (Old Northern Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shawville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Owase	Japan	Record daily precipitation	328.0 mm (12.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	403.0 mm (15.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spassk Dalniy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 327, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 22 October 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	327
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 22 October 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 917.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

791 broken records

Margins by which the 791 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1981

Top 20 records on 22 October 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1981	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Irozaki, JP	monthly rain	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Yokohama, JP	monthly rain	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Washburn, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Cameron Falls, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Utsunomiya, JP	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Mito, JP	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Kawaguchiko, JP	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Tokyo, JP	monthly rain	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Madawaska, CA	daily snowfall	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	La Tuque, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Nominingue, CA	daily snowfall	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	5.7 cm (2.2 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Cotonou, BJ	monthly high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Grand Marais, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Glenorie (Old Northern Rd), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Buffalo, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1981	Kingsville Naas, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	39 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 943 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	702
25 to 50	50
50 to 75	26
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1