Weather Records on 19 October 2001

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 2001. Highest significance: Geraldton Airport, AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 2001

On 19 October 2001, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 614 daily.
Geraldton Airport set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 19 October 2001.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 19 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canelas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sangary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loggerheads: Colomendy Centre	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonshall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sevilla/San Pablo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Topo Chico	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cocobeach	Gabon	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sisal	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Capo Bellavista	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Cantil	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deelen	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 125.

Records on 19 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 2001

Top 20 records on 19 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 2001	Geraldton Airport, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Canelas, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Belfast, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Elkhorn, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Presa Valerio Trujano, MX	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily low min	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Sangary, RU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Marion, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Suchiate, MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Loggerheads: Colomendy Centre, GB	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Brocken, DE	daily high max	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Tobolsk, RU	daily low max	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Ocala, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Brocken, DE	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Luna Rs, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2001	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 2001	Lyonshall, GB	all-time rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1806 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2001. 2001 had 630 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 5	419
5 to 10	37
10 to 15	18
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1