Weather Records on 19 October 2017

500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 2017. Highest significance: Mulgrave Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 2017

On 19 October 2017, 500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 477 daily.
Mulgrave Mill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 166.0 mm (6.5 in) on 19 October 2017.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

500 stations

500 station records on 19 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cjulbju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Paluma Ivy Cottage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.2 mm (8.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lovandee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.6 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mena Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elwha Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Callemondah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newhalem	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humptulips Salmon Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innot Hot Springs Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Labuan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Penang Intl	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.2 mm (8.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stormont Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

500 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 19 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 2017

Top 20 records on 19 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 2017	Mulgrave Mill, AU	monthly rain	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	87 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 October 2017	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 October 2017	Darrington Rs, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	monthly rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Petford, AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	140 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Cjulbju, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Evelyn State Forest, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Paluma Ivy Cottage, AU	monthly rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2017	Elphinstone Pocket No1, AU	monthly rain	210.2 mm (8.3 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2017	Bremerton, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2017	Lovandee, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2017	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2017	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	51 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

1806 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2017. 2017 had 500 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 20	364
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1