Weather Records on 1 October 1997

1,080 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1997. Highest significance: Bangalore, IN.

Key Facts for 1 October 1997

On 1 October 1997, 1,080 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
694 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 147 monthly and 931 daily.
Bangalore set a daily record precipitation of 179.1 mm (7.1 in) on 1 October 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,080 stations

1,080 station records on 1 October 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Letafors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tasan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pietersburg Muni	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kindsjon_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holjes	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oje_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Langlois #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chifeng	China	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethania	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kristinefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lisskogsasen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vastra_Arnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grundforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presidio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zitlaltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loten_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torntorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mitt. Paamiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Desembocada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jarpliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,080 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 275, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 419, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 October 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	275
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	419
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 October 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 147, daily 931.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

785 broken records

Margins by which the 785 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1997

Top 20 records on 1 October 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1997	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	86 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1997	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Malung, SE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Letafors, SE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Tasan, SE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Pietersburg Muni, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Kindsjon_D, SE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Gargett Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	San Miguel El Alto, MX	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Holjes, SE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Oje_D, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Oak City, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Miahuatlan (Smn), MX	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Holter Dam, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Storbron, SE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Brookings, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Santa Fe, MX	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1997	Langlois #2, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	42 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

1813 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1997. 1997 had 1,080 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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Data for records on 1997-10-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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	754
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1