Weather Records on 14 October 1985

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1985. Highest significance: Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1985

On 14 October 1985, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 794 daily.
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 170.0 mm (6.7 in) on 14 October 1985.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 14 October 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	262.4 mm (10.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.2 mm (7.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Calitzdorp (Dam)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pymble (Canisius College)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrow 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Pennant Hills (Oratava A	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Whitestone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 14 October 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 14 October 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1985

Top 20 records on 14 October 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1985	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	monthly rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	83 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 October 1985	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	77 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1985	Haskell, US	all-time rain	262.4 mm (10.3 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1985	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	monthly rain	197.2 mm (7.8 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1985	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1985	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1985	Calitzdorp (Dam), ZA	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1985	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1985	Graceville Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Newport Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Clearwater, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Berowra (Goodwyn Road), AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1985	Pymble (Canisius College), AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 816 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 2026-10-17 (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	553
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1