Weather Records on 31 October 1992

1,324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1992. Highest significance: Herefoss, NO.

Key Facts for 31 October 1992

On 31 October 1992, 1,324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 472 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 178 monthly and 1,145 daily.
Herefoss set a daily record snow depth of 24.0 cm (9.4 in) on 31 October 1992.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,324 stations

1,324 station records on 31 October 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Anningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Karnack	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Gunniguldrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vermelho Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westmere (Montreux)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Piau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merida Centro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chietla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adolphskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,324 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 232, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 240, Heaviest daily rainfall 538, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 31 October 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	232
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	240
Heaviest daily rainfall	538
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 31 October 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 178, daily 1,145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,111 broken records

Margins by which the 1,111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1992

Top 20 records on 31 October 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1992	Herefoss, NO	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1992	Anningie, AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1992	Karnack, US	all-time rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1992	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1992	Jonacatepec, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1992	Tuscola, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1992	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	110 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Lake Cargelligo (Gunniguldrie), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Vermelho Velho, BR	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Bright Angel Rs, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Rankins Springs, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Westmere (Montreux), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1992	Orebro, SE	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	106 years	46 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

1805 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1992. 1992 had 1,324 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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	1,083
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1