Weather Records on 19 October 1986

505 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1986. Highest significance: Bendigo Prison, AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 1986

On 19 October 1986, 505 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 497 daily.
Bendigo Prison set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 19 October 1986.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

505 stations

505 station records on 19 October 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atemajac de Brizuela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Troy 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alroy Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalapa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lauriston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tewkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delubra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tibaji	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Panorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leeudoringstad (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

505 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 October 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 October 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1986

Top 20 records on 19 October 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1986	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Redesdale, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Rockley, AU	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Atemajac de Brizuela, MX	all-time rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Troy 1 SE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Lorraine, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Alroy Downs, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Coliban Upper, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Broadford Golf Course, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	McGill, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1986	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	79 years	40 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1986. 1986 had 505 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 10	359
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2