Weather Records on 16 October 1996

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1996. Highest significance: Custer, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 1996

On 16 October 1996, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 570 daily.
Custer set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 16 October 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

585 stations

585 station records on 16 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Lopatka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salzgitter-Ringelheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koombooloomba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lamspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yajalon (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedral	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Antonio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monclova (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hennepin Wtr Trmt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 16 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 16 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

460 broken records

Margins by which the 460 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1996

Top 20 records on 16 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1996	Custer, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Braunschweig, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Mys Lopatka, RU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Kaycee, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Lake City, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Yakutat AP, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Lacon, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Kenai AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Ascencion (Smn), MX	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Wellpinit, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Canobie, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Mullheim, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Mantova, IT	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	125 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1996	Gage, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	40 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1996. 1996 had 585 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 50	447
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1