Weather Record Analysis
Analysis of the weather record data: records against chance, records by month, today against normal, storm seasons, station coverage, year in review, compare stations and near me. Each page states its data date, what it measures and where it stops.
Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-12).
Key Facts
- This section has 8 analyses of the weather record data, each built from the same station records as the rest of the site.
- In the 2020s so far (to 2026-10-12), 952,244 record highs of daily temperature were observed worldwide against 533,209 expected by chance, 1.79 times the expected number. In 1951-1980 the same measure was 0.81.
- March had the most record highs worldwide in all years: 718,459 of 7,808,590 (9.2%).
- On 7 October 2026, 4,104 stations had a value and a 1991-2020 normal for the week of the year.
- The Eastern North Pacific season with the highest ACE in the data is 1992: 392.4 ACE, 31 named storms, 20 hurricane strength and 13 major, peak wind 158 kt (293 km/h, 182 mph).
- The most stations with a full year of maximum temperature data was 11,331, in 1981.
- 1998 has the most records in the data: 459,743, of which 241,818 were record highs and 85,338 were record lows.
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)) Data as of 2026-10-12. Analyses are computed by this site from station records.