Weather Records on 15 October 1999

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1999. Highest significance: Tallinn, EE.

Key Facts for 15 October 1999

On 15 October 1999, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
305 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 754 daily.
Tallinn set a daily record precipitation of 36.2 mm (1.4 in) on 15 October 1999.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 15 October 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gravatt Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conondale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedreiras II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kuraby Beenleigh Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands Hrs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosillo II (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynndon Park Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gondar	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portaceli	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa de Lima (Camboata)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Applethorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lidsdale (Maddox Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Horcones	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caltex Refineries (Qld) Ltd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rochedale South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Long Pocket Csiro Lab	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 15 October 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 15 October 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 754.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

585 broken records

Margins by which the 585 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1999

Top 20 records on 15 October 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1999	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	128 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 October 1999	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1999	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1999	Royal Palm Rs, US	monthly rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1999	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Eagle Farm Racecourse, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Wamuran, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Stykkisholmur, IS	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Hialeah, US	daily rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Lindfield, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Tavernier, US	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Miami Intl AP, US	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Mount Gravatt Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Conondale Township, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Forest Hill, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Brisbane Aero, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1999	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	47 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 766 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 20	518
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2