Weather Records on 15 October 2022

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 2022. Highest significance: Ft Kent, US.

Key Facts for 15 October 2022

On 15 October 2022, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
423 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 623 daily.
Ft Kent set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 15 October 2022.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 15 October 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tolleson 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bangor Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 15 October 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 15 October 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 2022

Top 20 records on 15 October 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 2022	Ft Kent, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2022	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2022	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2022	Shepherds Flat, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2022	Gulkana AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Landsburg, US	monthly high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Waskish 4NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Tolleson 1 E, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Belfast, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Moosehead, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Clearbrook, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Cascade Locks, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Brule Rs, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	The Dalles, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Roi Et, TH	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2022	Madison, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	41 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

1794 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2022. 2022 had 633 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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Data for records on 2022-10-15: 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	500
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1