Weather Records on 17 October 2016

1,559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 2016. Highest significance: Council, US.

Key Facts for 17 October 2016

On 17 October 2016, 1,559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,063 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,515 daily.
Council set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 17 October 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,559 stations

1,559 station records on 17 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sutcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Odell Lake-East	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malad City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lamap/Malekoula Isl	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rex 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutter Hill Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Lake Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lost Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stead	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,559 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 390, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 673, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 17 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	390
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	673
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 17 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 1,515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,235 broken records

Margins by which the 1,235 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

17 October 2016

Top 20 records on 17 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 2016	Council, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2016	Laketown, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2016	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2016	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2016	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2016	Jerome, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2016	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Nevada City, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Pinedale, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Sutcliffe, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	124 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Minden, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Montello 2NE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Odell Lake-East, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Sonora, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Malad City, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Lamap/Malekoula Isl, VU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Rex 1 S, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2016	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	52 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 1,559 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 2026-10-16 (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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	1,186
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2