Weather Records on 17 October 2014

530 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 2014. Highest significance: Gelendzik, RU.

Key Facts for 17 October 2014

On 17 October 2014, 530 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
375 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 510 daily.
Gelendzik set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 17 October 2014.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

530 stations

530 station records on 17 October 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gelendzik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bilbarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halepohaku 111	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Formosa	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ambodedjo	Mali	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tapachula Chis	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Tojma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedara	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yakima AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Resistencia Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Antofagasta	Chile	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orly	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verona Villafranca	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Risor Brannstasjon	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

530 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 October 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 October 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 2014

Top 20 records on 17 October 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 2014	Gelendzik, RU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Bilbarin, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Woodland, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Eastbourne, GB	daily high max	20.9 C (69.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Gardiner, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Brassua Dam, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Houlton AP, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Bridgewater, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Halepohaku 111, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Wien, AT	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Ust-Umalta, RU	all-time rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily high max	27.7 C (81.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Ashburnham, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Graz, AT	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Grand Lake Stream, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Barre Falls Dam, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Silver Creek Falls, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2014	Hanover, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	85 years	35 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

1793 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 530 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	414
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1