Weather Records on 17 October 2022

964 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 2022. Highest significance: Poitiers - Biard, FR.

Key Facts for 17 October 2022

On 17 October 2022, 964 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
722 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 954 daily.
Poitiers - Biard set a daily record precipitation of 40.7 mm (1.6 in) on 17 October 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

964 stations

964 station records on 17 October 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perl-Nennig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alsfeld-Eifa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wiesbaden-Auringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswalder Oie	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hurley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haines 40NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

964 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 442, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 280, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 17 October 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	442
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	280
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 17 October 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 954.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

851 broken records

Margins by which the 851 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 2022

Top 20 records on 17 October 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 2022	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2022	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2022	Simmern-Wahlbach, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2022	Bad Nauheim, DE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2022	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2022	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Northcliffe, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	monthly high max	36.3 C (97.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Ironwood, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Bergland Dam, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Skagway, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Ashland, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	119 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Clearbrook, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	119 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Bergland Dam, US	monthly snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	McMillin Rsvr, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Sobolevo, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2022	Haines AP, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	45 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 964 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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 25	823
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2