Weather Records on 15 October 1994

1,103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1994. Highest significance: Rochford 2 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 15 October 1994

On 15 October 1994, 1,103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 311 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,083 daily.
Rochford 2 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 15 October 1994.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,103 stations

1,103 station records on 15 October 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Northdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weifang	China	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katta Barega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heze/Caozhou	China	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dores Do Indaia (Cvsf)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turquoise Bonanza Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Funchal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanzhong	China	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Del Bonita	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butner Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,103 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 257, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 393, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 15 October 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	257
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	393
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 15 October 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 1,083.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

874 broken records

Margins by which the 874 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1994

Top 20 records on 15 October 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1994	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1994	Fillmore, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1994	Northdale, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Kanosh, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Weifang, CN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Williams, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Elk, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Tooele, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Stanley 2 NNE, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Edenton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Kanosh, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Las Vegas Muni AP, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Payson, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Sierra Blanca 2 E, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Paragonah, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Telina Downs, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Katta Barega, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1994	Heze/Caozhou, CN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	43 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

1794 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 1,103 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	825
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1