Weather Records on 16 October 1985

672 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1985. Highest significance: Delegate (Weewalla), AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1985

On 16 October 1985, 672 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 651 daily.
Delegate (Weewalla) set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 16 October 1985.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

672 stations

672 station records on 16 October 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	184.8 mm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urmi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strelkovoe	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yevpatoriia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mooleulooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klepinino	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

672 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 16 October 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 651.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1985

Top 20 records on 16 October 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1985	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1985	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1985	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1985	Phitsanulok/Sarit, TH	monthly rain	184.8 mm (7.3 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1985	Kherson, UA	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Sutur, RU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Willcox, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Bowie, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Animas 3ESE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Bira, RU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Mount Hope, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Urmi, RU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Dzankoj, UA	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Alawoona (Schells Well), AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Nakhon Phanom, TH	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Askaniia Nova, UA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1985	Strelkovoe, UA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	50 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1985. 1985 had 672 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	491
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1