Weather Records on 9 October 1982

1,579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1982. Highest significance: Mansfield, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1982

On 9 October 1982, 1,579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
408 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 101 monthly and 1,477 daily.
Mansfield set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 9 October 1982.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,579 stations

1,579 station records on 9 October 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Almhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hammenhog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amidon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,579 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 193, Highest daily minimum 311, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 802, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 9 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	193
Highest daily minimum	311
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	802
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 9 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 101, daily 1,477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,336 broken records

Margins by which the 1,336 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1982

Top 20 records on 9 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1982	Mansfield, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	87 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Ft Meade, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Spearfish, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Lead, US	monthly snowfall	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	49 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	87 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Towner 2 NE, US	all-time rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Bryant, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Neligh, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Almhult, SE	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Pella 1S, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Colgate, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Timber Lake, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Jamestown Muni AP, US	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Hammenhog, SE	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1982	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 1,579 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 100	1,321
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1