Weather Records on 20 October 2010

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 2010. Highest significance: Borrego Desert Park, US.

Key Facts for 20 October 2010

On 20 October 2010, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 521 daily.
Borrego Desert Park set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 20 October 2010.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 20 October 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Borrego Desert Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nhulunbuy Dtw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sabancuy	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Herrvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wejh	Saudi Arabia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Florida	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arequipa	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	308.6 mm (12.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siqueros	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuapse	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phantom Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Diredawa	Ethiopia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Sur	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Terpenij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shantou	China	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Honda	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Honda	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuqa	China	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shache	China	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 20 October 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 20 October 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 2010

Top 20 records on 20 October 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 2010	Borrego Desert Park, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Pointe Noire, CG	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Keams Canyon, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Nhulunbuy Dtw, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Ovre Sirdal, NO	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Guna, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Sabancuy, MX	monthly low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Tuba City, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Albany, AU	daily high max	27.6 C (81.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Siwa, EG	daily high max	36.6 C (97.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Manuel Avila Camacho, MX	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Herrvik, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Natchez, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2010	Zamboanga, PH	daily low min	20.4 C (68.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 2010	Liberty, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 2010	Indore, IN	daily high min	23.2 C (73.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 2010	Bilma, NE	daily high max	42.5 C (108.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 2010	Wejh, SA	daily high max	41.0 C (105.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	32 years	32 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2010. 2010 had 539 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	382
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1