Weather Records on 20 October 1982

1,191 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1982. Highest significance: Stillwater 1 SE, US.

Key Facts for 20 October 1982

On 20 October 1982, 1,191 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 357 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,127 daily.
Stillwater 1 SE set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 20 October 1982.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,191 stations

1,191 station records on 20 October 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Magadan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goodrich 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mutoko	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winside	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairchild Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rib Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,191 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 215, Heaviest daily rainfall 406, Heaviest daily snowfall 143, Deepest snow cover 106.

Records on 20 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	215
Heaviest daily rainfall	406
Heaviest daily snowfall	143
Deepest snow cover	106

Records on 20 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 63, daily 1,127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,052 broken records

Margins by which the 1,052 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1982

Top 20 records on 20 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1982	Stillwater 1 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Sibley, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Rest Lake, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Bergland Dam, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Lead, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Pipestone, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Hayward Rs, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Marquette, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1982	Alton, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Osage, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Rock 1 E, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Mellen 4 NE, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Trempealeau Dam 6, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Fairmont, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1982	Magadan, RU	daily rain	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	56 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

1806 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1982. 1982 had 1,191 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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 50	925
50 to 100	89
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1