Weather Records on 21 October 2019

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 2019. Highest significance: Napoleon, US.

Key Facts for 21 October 2019

On 21 October 2019, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 750 daily.
Napoleon set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 21 October 2019.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 21 October 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Streeter 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barberey	France	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whidbey Island NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ndjamena	Chad	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 205, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 21 October 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	205
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 21 October 2019 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 750.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 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

21 October 2019

Top 20 records on 21 October 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 2019	Napoleon, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2019	Mc Laughlin 2SW, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2019	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2019	Arlington, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2019	Wishek, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Kanawha, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Quillayute AP, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Stevensville 2SW, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Hill City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Selby, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Evansville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Webster City, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	110 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Minsk, BY	daily high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Hampton, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2019	Zearing, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	110 years	47 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

1795 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 757 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	595
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1