Weather Records on 15 October 2021

983 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 2021. Highest significance: Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 15 October 2021

On 15 October 2021, 983 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
434 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 964 daily.
Gladstone (Old Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 45.6 mm (1.8 in) on 15 October 2021.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

983 stations

983 station records on 15 October 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gronliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bygdsiljum_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tooms Lake (Tooms River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perrysville 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jarhois	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalix_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Overtornea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Panaramitee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Forest (Plummers Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brande	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karungi	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

983 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 296, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 15 October 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	296
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 15 October 2021 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 964.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

816 broken records

Margins by which the 816 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 2021

Top 20 records on 15 October 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 2021	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	79 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	102 years	76 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Lovanger, SE	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Ormley, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	121 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Haparanda, SE	all-time rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Gronliden, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Orford South, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Bygdsiljum_D, SE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Sonnette 7 SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2021	Coles Bay (Freycinet), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2021	Colusa 2 SSW, US	monthly low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2021	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2021	Tooms Lake (Tooms River), AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2021	Sodankyla AWS, FI	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2021	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2021	Ridgeway 1 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	54 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

1794 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 983 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	792
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2