Weather Records on 16 October 2001

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2001. Highest significance: Ann Arbor U of Mich, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 2001

On 16 October 2001, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
282 were record highs and 294 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 740 daily.
Ann Arbor U of Mich set a daily record precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 16 October 2001.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 16 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tapijulapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	311.4 mm (12.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Tlahuapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cowarna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lieksa Koli	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salto de Agua (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Talea de Castro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
California	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 16 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 16 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

552 broken records

Margins by which the 552 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2001

Top 20 records on 16 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2001	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2001	Buj, RU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2001	Suchiate, MX	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Danville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Miyazaki, JP	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Cold Bay AP, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Detroit Metro AP, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Jackson Reynolds Fld, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Kookynie, AU	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Tapijulapa, MX	daily rain	311.4 mm (12.3 in)	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Adin Rs, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	127 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2001	Geisenheim, DE	daily high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	115 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 754 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 20	532
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1