Weather Records on 22 October 1986

1,049 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1986. Highest significance: Nurnberg, DE.

Key Facts for 22 October 1986

On 22 October 1986, 1,049 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,006 daily.
Nurnberg set a daily record precipitation of 42.1 mm (1.7 in) on 22 October 1986.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,049 stations

1,049 station records on 22 October 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Speed (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfstein/Pfalz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carsland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Old Cunyu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morchard (the Rocks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Igarapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waldhauser (National Park)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Mount Serle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lorentzweiler	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston (Barton Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eurack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,049 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 802, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 October 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	802
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 October 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 42, daily 1,006.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

964 broken records

Margins by which the 964 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1986

Top 20 records on 22 October 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1986	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Hammond, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel, AU	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Gollhofen, DE	monthly rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Terang, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1986	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Harrison, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Kuusiku, EE	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Speed (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Wolfstein/Pfalz, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Okeene, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Carsland, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Lake Bolac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1986	Epping Forest (Forton), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	52 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

1793 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1986. 1986 had 1,049 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	863
20 to 40	79
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1