Weather Records on 15 October 2014

901 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 2014. Highest significance: Narooma Rvcp, AU.

Key Facts for 15 October 2014

On 15 October 2014, 901 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
457 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 867 daily.
Narooma Rvcp set a daily record precipitation of 84.0 mm (3.3 in) on 15 October 2014.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

901 stations

901 station records on 15 October 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oatley (Woronora Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goteborg A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Peakhurst Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gendalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Marion Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex Inlet Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Audley (Royal National Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ostaskov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.6 mm (8.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uplo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Transou	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lucas Heights (Ansto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta North (Masons Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton Point (the Ridge Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Hills (Collins St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

901 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 344, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 367, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 October 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	344
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 October 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

768 broken records

Margins by which the 768 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 2014

Top 20 records on 15 October 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 2014	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 October 2014	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	79 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	98 years	78 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Nanambinia, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	105 years	77 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Cronulla South Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Sydney Airport AMO, AU	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Kaunas, LT	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Lake Toxaway 2 SW, US	daily rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave), AU	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Culburra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Blairsville Exp STN, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Coweeta Exp STN, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2014	Oatley (Woronora Parade), AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2014	Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2014	Cornelia, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2014	Goteborg A, SE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	56 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2014. 2014 had 901 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 20	672
20 to 40	68
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2