Weather Records on 15 October 2011

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 2011. Highest significance: Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU.

Key Facts for 15 October 2011

On 15 October 2011, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
491 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 892 daily.
Bellata (Aberfeldie) set a daily record precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 15 October 2011.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 15 October 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cecil Plains Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Community School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brookstead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Harbor Ft Wilkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Moon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braemar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirrabooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pustunich	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tahquamenon Falls Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 297, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 269.

Records on 15 October 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	297
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 October 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 2011

Top 20 records on 15 October 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 2011	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2011	Cronulla South Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2011	Tokushima, JP	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2011	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2011	Hamamatsu, JP	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Cecil Plains Homestead, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Dongfang, CN	daily rain	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Burra Community School, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Turallin, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Wondalli, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	128 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Northfield, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Newport, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Brookstead Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Copper Harbor Ft Wilkins, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Mundagai, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	139 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2011	Rochester, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	40 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

1794 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2011. 2011 had 906 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	702
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1