Weather Records on 17 October 1993

1,001 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1993. Highest significance: Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 17 October 1993

On 17 October 1993, 1,001 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
383 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 959 daily.
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 17 October 1993.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,001 stations

1,001 station records on 17 October 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Quambone (Carwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vuoggatjalme	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Denver-Stapleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nylsvley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Lexington 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lagrange	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkedra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deelamon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roseville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portaceli	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taubate	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,001 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 381, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 17 October 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	381
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 17 October 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 959.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

781 broken records

Margins by which the 781 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

17 October 1993

Top 20 records on 17 October 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1993	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1993	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	93 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1993	Allegan 5NE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1993	Quambone (Carwell), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1993	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1993	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1993	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1993	Hastings, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Alma, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Kareekloof, ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Hana AP 355, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Dowagiac 1 W, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Caro Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1993	Warren (Mumblebone), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	47 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

1793 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 1,001 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	711
25 to 50	43
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	11
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1