Weather Records on 16 October 1993

999 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1993. Highest significance: Moscow U of I, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 1993

On 16 October 1993, 999 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 958 daily.
Moscow U of I set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 16 October 1993.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

999 stations

999 station records on 16 October 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elrose Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hilton Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coober Pedy (Ingomar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eyre (Mulka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Shade	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

999 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 16 October 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 16 October 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 41, daily 958.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

821 broken records

Margins by which the 821 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1993

Top 20 records on 16 October 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1993	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1993	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1993	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Tibooburra (Onepah), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Glenormiston, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Sheffield, GB	monthly low min	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Marion Downs, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Tibooburra (Olive Downs), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Naboomspruit (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Coulta, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Elrose Station, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Hilton Head, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Coober Pedy (Ingomar), AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Qionghai, CN	daily rain	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1993	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	38 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

1796 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 999 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	746
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1