Weather Records on 7 October 1992

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1992. Highest significance: Lady Grey (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 October 1992

On 7 October 1992, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 372 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 849 daily.
Lady Grey (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 7 October 1992.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 7 October 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amanbidji	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jacup Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nunkeri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bessaker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Earth	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rossvatn - Heggmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 201, Heaviest daily rainfall 377, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 7 October 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	201
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 7 October 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1992

Top 20 records on 7 October 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1992	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1992	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1992	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1992	Yudnapinna, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1992	Owatonna, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1992	Sioux Rapids, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Fairmont, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Brookville, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Red Wing, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Washta, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Amanbidji, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Sterling, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1992	Cedar Falls Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	51 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

1802 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1992. 1992 had 872 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

Download the Data

Data for records on 1992-10-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	650
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1