Weather Records on 14 October 1991

817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1991. Highest significance: Rouxville (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 14 October 1991

On 14 October 1991, 817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
439 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 796 daily.
Rouxville (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 14 October 1991.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

817 stations

817 station records on 14 October 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lelie Shoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wagenaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ludiksdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Union Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bo-Downes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urup	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarelsrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paardefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tussenvier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopelchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milner	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bet-El	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

817 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 295, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 14 October 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	295
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 14 October 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 796.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1991

Top 20 records on 14 October 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1991	Rouxville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 October 1991	Cloudskraal, ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Middelplaats, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Lelie Shoek, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Tweespruit, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Wagenaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Gauhati, IN	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Ludiksdam, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Edenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Ladybrand (Skl), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Union Juarez, MX	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Bo-Downes, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Compton, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Stilbaai (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Zastron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1991	Waterford, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	45 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 817 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 50	612
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1