Weather Records on 22 October 2020

1,664 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 2020. Highest significance: Selby, US.

Key Facts for 22 October 2020

On 22 October 2020, 1,664 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
498 were record highs and 639 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,619 daily.
Selby set a daily record snow depth of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 22 October 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,664 stations

1,664 station records on 22 October 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Selby	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Summit 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Heraklion	Greece	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Souda Airport	Greece	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gildford	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,664 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 209, Lowest daily maximum 321, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 318, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 116, Deepest snow cover 193.

Records on 22 October 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	209
Lowest daily maximum	321
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	318
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	116
Deepest snow cover	193

Records on 22 October 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 1,619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,387 broken records

Margins by which the 1,387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 269.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 2020

Top 20 records on 22 October 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 2020	Selby, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	113 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2020	Ceduna Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2020	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2020	Green Bay, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2020	Summit 1 W, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2020	Lindsay, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	105 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2020	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2020	Mount Kroombit, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Heraklion, GR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Souda Airport, GR	daily rain	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Chinook, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	120 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Le Claire L&D 14, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Britton, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Fraser Range, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Wolf Pt, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	114 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2020	Onida 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	55 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 1,664 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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 50	1,242
50 to 100	101
100 to 150	31
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1