Weather Records on 14 October 1996

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1996. Highest significance: Wilburra Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1996

On 14 October 1996, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 549 daily.
Wilburra Downs Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 14 October 1996.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 14 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilburra Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Granja Yuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sete Quedas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tibaji	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jambeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mineiros Do Tiete (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
C.A.E. la Victoria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clonagh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Andradina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monclova (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Apucarana (Fazenda Ubatuba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hysham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Lourenco Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 14 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 14 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1996

Top 20 records on 14 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1996	Wilburra Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Granja Yuba, BR	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Tangier City, MA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Fazenda Sete Quedas, BR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Tibaji, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Buynaksk, RU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Homer AP, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Jambeiro, BR	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Mineiros Do Tiete (Cpef), BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	C.A.E. la Victoria, MX	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Gage, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Clonagh Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Holmleigh, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1996	Coloso, PR	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	78 years	35 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 559 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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	384
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2