Weather Records on 21 October 1992

1,095 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1992. Highest significance: East Park Rsvr, US.

Key Facts for 21 October 1992

On 21 October 1992, 1,095 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
434 were record highs and 405 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,073 daily.
East Park Rsvr set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 21 October 1992.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

1,095 stations

1,095 station records on 21 October 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Paamiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calexico 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Challenge Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laxbacken	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredrika	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Repvag	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vila Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bramon	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,095 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 269, Lowest daily maximum 226, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 179, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 21 October 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	269
Lowest daily maximum	226
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	179
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 21 October 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 1,073.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

908 broken records

Margins by which the 908 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1992

Top 20 records on 21 October 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1992	East Park Rsvr, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1992	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1992	Zavizan, HR	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Alma, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Mitt. Paamiut, GL	daily rain	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Harnosand, SE	daily low max	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Palizada, MX	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Sveg, SE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Harstena, SE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Manistee 3SE, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Haparanda, SE	daily low min	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Calexico 2 NE, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Fillmore, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Marlinton, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Saint Johns, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1992	Gloversville, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1992. 1992 had 1,095 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	863
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	16
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1