Weather Records on 15 October 2023

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 2023. Highest significance: Hastings Chalet, AU.

Key Facts for 15 October 2023

On 15 October 2023, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 309 daily.
Hastings Chalet set a daily record precipitation of 56.3 mm (2.2 in) on 15 October 2023.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

319 stations

319 station records on 15 October 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kovda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menorca/Mao	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Quiaca Observato	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalbarri	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dakar/Yoff	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burukan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lampang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Asu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wainwright AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jurien Bay	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mama	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McComb AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hujirt	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pirlangimpi	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turpan	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seyaha	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Louis	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parakka	Sweden	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalbarri	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record snow depth	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muodoslompolo	Sweden	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Auke Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Qiqihar	China	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bondoukou/Soko	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laukuva	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 15 October 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 15 October 2023 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 2023

Top 20 records on 15 October 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 2023	Hastings Chalet, AU	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Carlisle Wtp, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	147 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Kovda, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Imlay, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Haines AP, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Mae Sot, TH	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Im. Poliny Osipenko, RU	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	N'Guigni, NE	daily high min	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily high max	19.3 C (66.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Darwin Airport, AU	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high max	18.6 C (65.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Dalecarlia Rsvr, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2023	Darwin Airport Comparison, AU	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 2023	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 2023	Pogibi, RU	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 2023	Menorca/Mao, ES	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 2023	Ashdown 4 SSE, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2023. 2023 had 319 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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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 10	240
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2