Weather Records on 7 October 2010

994 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 2010. Highest significance: Dunbar Station, AU.

Key Facts for 7 October 2010

On 7 October 2010, 994 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
335 were record highs and 398 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 965 daily.
Dunbar Station set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 7 October 2010.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

994 stations

994 station records on 7 October 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koombooloomba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre (Avon No.3)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio del Cipres	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jervois	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Providencia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norton W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Niamey Aero	Niger	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laucala Bay	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambodedjo	Mali	Record low maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Fuerte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Theda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hecelchakan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk (Carisbrooke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zihualtepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

994 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 158, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 240, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 October 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	158
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	240
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 965.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 2010

Top 20 records on 7 October 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 2010	Dunbar Station, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2010	Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Koombooloomba Dam, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Navarre (Avon No.3), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Tanbar Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	San Antonio del Cipres, MX	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Broadus, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Manley Hot Springs, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Vardoe, NO	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Newberry, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Thermopolis, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Jervois, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Moorabbin Airport, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Fallon Exp STN, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Panguitch, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Green Rvr, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Weston, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2010	Plevna Downs, AU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	39 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

1802 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2010. 2010 had 994 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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 10	710
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1