Weather Records on 1 October 2016

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 2016. Highest significance: Cardwell Marine Pde, AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 2016

On 1 October 2016, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 432 daily.
Cardwell Marine Pde set a daily record precipitation of 58.0 mm (2.3 in) on 1 October 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 1 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Egvekinot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso - Langnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent (Twilight Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ucharonidge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savage River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edgartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek (Somer Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shimizu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polar Gmo Im.E.T.Krenkelj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Uelen	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Falls Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meander	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redpa (Greenes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paveletz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Xuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 176.

Records on 1 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 41, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 2016

Top 20 records on 1 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 2016	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 2016	Anqing, CN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Beulah, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Oberon (Jenolan Caves), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Egvekinot, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Emmett 2 E, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Renison Bell, AU	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Tromso - Langnes, NO	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Dongtai, CN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Great Falls 16St, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Hampshire (Neena Road), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Apsley (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 2016	Chuxiong, CN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 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

1813 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2016. 2016 had 473 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	551

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Data for records on 2016-10-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 October 2016
Margin	Records
0 to 10	357
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1