Weather Records on 16 October 2022

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2022. Highest significance: Ganca, AZ.

Key Facts for 16 October 2022

On 16 October 2022, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 658 daily.
Ganca set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 16 October 2022.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

676 stations

676 station records on 16 October 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heraklion	Greece	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Troutdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troughton Island	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yichang	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinega	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Takada	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newhalem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reboly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 October 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 October 2022 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 658.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2022

Top 20 records on 16 October 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2022	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2022	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2022	Apache, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Haines AP, US	monthly high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Quemado, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Monroe, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Haines AP, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	123 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Lajamanu, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Cascade Locks, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	120 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Heraklion, GR	all-time rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Belle Plaine, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Plauen, DE	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	128 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Forest Grove, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	125 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Longview, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Skagway, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	128 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2022	Don Muang, TH	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	69 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

1796 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2022. 2022 had 676 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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 20	555
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2