Weather Records on 16 October 1986

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1986. Highest significance: Anadyr, RU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1986

On 16 October 1986, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 439 daily.
Anadyr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 29.4 mm (1.2 in) on 16 October 1986.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 16 October 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middelweg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Surprise Store	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecoma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Dale West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Machiques-Granja M.A.C.	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maravale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Driekoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jarcevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santander/Parayas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shamrock Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bergville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arhara	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell 6 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 October 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 October 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1986

Top 20 records on 16 October 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1986	Anadyr, RU	monthly rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 October 1986	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Minatitlan, MX	daily rain	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Boqueirao, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Estancia, BR	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Middelweg, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Surprise Store, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Winton, ZA	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	El Carmen (Smn), MX	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Tecoma, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Esk Dale West, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Susendal, NO	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Elberton 2 N, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Machiques-Granja M.A.C., VE	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Maravale, AU	monthly rain	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1986	Morpara, BR	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	35 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 450 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	335
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1