Weather Records on 11 October 1997

1,809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1997. Highest significance: Gettysburg, US.

Key Facts for 11 October 1997

On 11 October 1997, 1,809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
985 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 119 monthly and 1,690 daily.
Gettysburg set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 11 October 1997.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,809 stations

1,809 station records on 11 October 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ciudad Guzman (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birzai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Trinidad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ammaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tamapatz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	272.8 mm (10.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garissa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Klichev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mathis 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Grijalva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Gaviotas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,809 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 248, Lowest daily maximum 185, Highest daily minimum 737, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 525, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 11 October 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	248
Lowest daily maximum	185
Highest daily minimum	737
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	525
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 11 October 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 119, daily 1,690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,408 broken records

Margins by which the 1,408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1997

Top 20 records on 11 October 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1997	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	77 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	Brownsville, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	78 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	Kingsville, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	Ciudad Guzman (Obs), MX	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	Lima, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1997	Rico, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Zlatoust, RU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Lima, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Birzai, LT	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	La Trinidad (Cfe), MX	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Ammaroo, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Konstanz, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Grant 5 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Madrid, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Huron Rgnl AP, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	113 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1997	Tamapatz, MX	daily rain	272.8 mm (10.7 in)	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	24 years	50 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,809 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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Data for records on 1997-10-11: 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 2026-10-17 (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	1,365
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2