Weather Records on 15 October 2010

1,095 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 2010. Highest significance: Ivanhoe Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 15 October 2010

On 15 October 2010, 1,095 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 322 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,063 daily.
Ivanhoe Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 80.2 mm (3.2 in) on 15 October 2010.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,095 stations

1,095 station records on 15 October 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Paruna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Merriwagga (Devon Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wanaaring (Borrona Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wanaaring (Owen Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beckom (Stawell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Murray Lock Number 9	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Caramut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Moody Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roseberth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ournie (Waralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blenheim Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,095 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 556, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 October 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	556
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 October 2010 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 1,063.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

926 broken records

Margins by which the 926 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 2010

Top 20 records on 15 October 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 2010	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	monthly rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 October 2010	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 October 2010	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	110 years	76 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Henty Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Paruna, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	monthly rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	120 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Urana (Nowranie), AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Rutherglen Research, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Booligal (Belmont), AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Oombulgurri, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Corowa Airport, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Merriwagga (Devon Street), AU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Wanaaring (Borrona Downs), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Wanaaring (Owen Downs), AU	monthly rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	115 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2010	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	117 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2010. 2010 had 1,095 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 10	724
10 to 20	127
20 to 30	47
30 to 40	19
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1