Weather Records on 16 October 1992

1,646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1992. Highest significance: George Airport, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 October 1992

On 16 October 1992, 1,646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 888 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,611 daily.
George Airport set a daily record precipitation of 102.4 mm (4.0 in) on 16 October 1992.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,646 stations

1,646 station records on 16 October 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Guadalupe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Maasoja	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Merida Centro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zuur Anys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hjalmsater	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bergvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Soderhamn A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Pond 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puxico 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Advance 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shkodra	Albania	Record daily precipitation	138.3 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Chique	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eskilstuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,646 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 547, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 341, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 103, Deepest snow cover 119.

Records on 16 October 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	547
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	341
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	103
Deepest snow cover	119

Records on 16 October 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 1,611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,375 broken records

Margins by which the 1,375 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1992

Top 20 records on 16 October 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1992	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 October 1992	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1992	Long Prairie, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1992	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1992	Collegeville St John's, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Joyces Creek, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Ashley, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	New London, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Bloomfield, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Honaunau 27, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Koster (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Centralia, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Chester, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Presa Guadalupe, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Brookport Dam 52, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1992	Vihti Maasoja, FI	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	50 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

1796 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1992. 1992 had 1,646 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	1,151
20 to 40	109
40 to 60	62
60 to 80	34
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	7