Weather Records on 22 October 1997

1,072 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1997. Highest significance: Port Douglas - Warner St, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1997

On 22 October 1997, 1,072 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 580 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,052 daily.
Port Douglas - Warner St set a daily record precipitation of 132.0 mm (5.2 in) on 22 October 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,072 stations

1,072 station records on 22 October 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Abadia Dos Dourados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coacoyulillo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vivero la Paz	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Mateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tequisistlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Joinville (Rvpsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poco Fundo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silute	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Vojampolka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cliff 11 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Estacao Alvaro da Silveira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,072 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 269, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 311, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 22 October 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	269
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	311
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 22 October 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 1,052.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

831 broken records

Margins by which the 831 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1997

Top 20 records on 22 October 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1997	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1997	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	120.8 mm (4.8 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1997	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1997	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	daily rain	141.6 mm (5.6 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Abadia Dos Dourados, BR	monthly rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Walkamin Research Station, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Manistee 3SE, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Laredo 2, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Coacoyulillo (Cfe), MX	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Vivero la Paz, MX	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Aunet, NO	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Laporte, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Yurecuaro, MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Luiz Alves, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1997	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	84 years	38 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,072 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 50	817
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1