Weather Records on 23 October 1986

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1986. Highest significance: Rolleston, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 1986

On 23 October 1986, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 946 daily.
Rolleston set a daily record precipitation of 67.0 mm (2.6 in) on 23 October 1986.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 23 October 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wihareja	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woorabinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narbethong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coorada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Esens	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catumnal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bettborn-Pratz	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 686.

Records on 23 October 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	686
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 October 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 946.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

880 broken records

Margins by which the 880 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1986

Top 20 records on 23 October 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1986	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	93 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Clermont Sirius St, AU	monthly rain	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Maryland, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	200.6 mm (7.9 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Theodore Dpi, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	monthly rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Capella Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Merensky (Skl), ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1986	Proa Station, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Comet Post Office, AU	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Memooloo, AU	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Westfalia, ZA	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1986	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	73 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

1795 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1986. 1986 had 968 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	860
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1