Weather Records on 1 October 2015

729 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 2015. Highest significance: Belfast, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 2015

On 1 October 2015, 729 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 117 monthly and 606 daily.
Belfast set an all-time record daily precipitation of 219.7 mm (8.6 in) on 1 October 2015.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

729 stations

729 station records on 1 October 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Overhalla - Unnset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Edevik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	182.3 mm (7.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Breivoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edward Macdowell Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Famvatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Utgard	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mjolkbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sorli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bessaker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Otteroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Rockport 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

729 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 314, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 1 October 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	314
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 1 October 2015 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 117, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

575 broken records

Margins by which the 575 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 2015

Top 20 records on 1 October 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 2015	Belfast, US	all-time rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	117 years	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 October 2015	Gardiner, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2015	Woodland, US	monthly rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2015	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	all-time rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2015	Tunnsjo, NO	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2015	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2015	Overhalla - Unnset, NO	monthly rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2015	Edevik, SE	monthly rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Jormlien, SE	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Leipikvattnet, SE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Haverhill, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Afjord - Momyr, NO	all-time rain	182.3 mm (7.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Breivoll, NO	monthly rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Madison, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Edward Macdowell Lake, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Famvatnet, NO	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Bridgton 3 NW, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Utgard, NO	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	Ust-Umalta, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2015	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	53 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

1813 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2015. 2015 had 729 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	387
2026	550

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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 2026-10-12 (12 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 25	529
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1