Weather Records on 16 October 2011

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2011. Highest significance: Brunette Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 2011

On 16 October 2011, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
567 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 799 daily.
Brunette Downs set a daily record precipitation of 36.2 mm (1.4 in) on 16 October 2011.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 16 October 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biboohra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miri	Malaysia	Record low minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reno AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Papagayos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jalapa del Marques	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogucany	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nephi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yamagata	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yokohama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 387, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 16 October 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	387
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

587 broken records

Margins by which the 587 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2011

Top 20 records on 16 October 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2011	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Warramunga, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Timovskoe, RU	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Atakpane, TG	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Sokode, TG	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Levan, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Winslow AP, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Verhneimbatsk, RU	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Melrose, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Austin #2, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Seneca, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Biboohra, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Miri, MY	monthly low min	20.9 C (69.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Portales, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Fort Huachuca, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2011	Key West NAS, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 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

1796 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2011. 2011 had 816 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 October 2011
Margin	Records
0 to 10	553
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1