Weather Records on 21 October 2010

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 2010. Highest significance: Gorjacinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 21 October 2010

On 21 October 2010, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 315 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 683 daily.
Gorjacinsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 21 October 2010.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 21 October 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willis Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenden Ker Bottom STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alcozauca (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sabancuy	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daintree Tea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	378.5 mm (14.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalac	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohwacht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Florida	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.9 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	Syria	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuapse	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aratichanguio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wejh	Saudi Arabia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Strathtay Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad Nueva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raton Muni Crews Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oshima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lavik	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brusdalsvatn II	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 216, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 21 October 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	216
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 21 October 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 683.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 2010

Top 20 records on 21 October 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 2010	Gorjacinsk, RU	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2010	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2010	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2010	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2010	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2010	Happy Valley, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	White Sands Natl Mon, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Barth, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Willis Island, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Saratow, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Bellenden Ker Bottom STN, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Surat, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Manassa, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Ingham Composite, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2010	Alcozauca (Dge), MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	23 years	41 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

1795 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2010. 2010 had 710 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	518
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1