Weather Records on 16 October 2023

608 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2023. Highest significance: Hissar, IN.

Key Facts for 16 October 2023

On 16 October 2023, 608 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 598 daily.
Hissar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 296.2 mm (11.7 in) on 16 October 2023.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

608 stations

608 station records on 16 October 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	296.2 mm (11.7 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hrazdan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sar'ja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Harbour	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nordfjordeid - Nymark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skei I Jolster	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alkali Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.3 C (106.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Salvador/Ilopan	El Salvador	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smola - Moldstad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lahore City	Pakistan	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Istad Kraftstasjon	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Santo	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anvil Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bahrain (Int. Airpo	Bahrain	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parakka	Sweden	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leusi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponyri	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

608 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 16 October 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 16 October 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2023

Top 20 records on 16 October 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2023	Hissar, IN	monthly rain	296.2 mm (11.7 in)	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	105 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 October 2023	Hrazdan, AM	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 October 2023	Sar'ja, RU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2023	Haukedal, NO	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2023	Orland, NO	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Eresfjord, NO	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	East London, ZA	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	15.9 C (60.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Sewanee, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Cherdyn', RU	daily high min	7.4 C (45.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Liberal, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Clearbrook, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Eide Pa Nordmore, NO	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Scotia, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily low min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Loksmyr, NO	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2023	Casa Grande, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2023. 2023 had 608 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 25	460
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1