Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026

Name: Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026
Start: 2026-10-11
End: 2026-10-14
Location: Australia

Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026: 10 records at 8 stations, peak on 12 October 2026. Closed.

Data as of 2026-11-12. Last revised 12 November 2026 (2026-11-12).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026 set or tied 10 station records at 8 stations.
It ran from 11 October 2026 to 14 October 2026 (4 days) and its peak day was 12 October 2026.
Status: closed.
Dalwallinu Comparison set a daily record low maximum temperature of 14.6 C (58.3 F) on 14 October 2026 (provisional).
The busiest day was 12 October 2026 with 6 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 68 years.

Footprint

11 to 14 October 2026

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026 is outlined, with 8 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Dalwallinu Comparison	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	2026-10-14
Windy Harbour	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	2026-10-11
Cape Naturaliste	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2026-10-12
Wagin	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	2026-10-12
Rocky Gully	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	2026-10-12
Jarrahwood	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	2026-10-12
Jacup	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	2026-10-12
Beverley	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2026-10-11
Rottnest Island	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	2026-10-12

Records per Day

Peak day 6

Records set or tied each day from 11 October 2026 to 14 October 2026. The most in one day was 6 on 12 October 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026 ranked by margin
Dalwallinu Comparison, 10-13	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Windy Harbour, 10-11	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Rocky Gully, 10-12	2.0 C (3.6 F)
Jarrahwood, 10-12	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Jacup, 10-12	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Windy Harbour, 10-11	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Wagin, 10-12	0.5 C (0.9 F)
Dalwallinu Comparison, 10-14	0.4 C (0.7 F)
Cape Naturaliste, 10-12	0.2 C (0.4 F)
Rottnest Island, 10-12	0.1 C (0.2 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

10 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026 (this event)	10 records

Every Record Set

11 of 10

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Australia, 11 to 14 October 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-10-11	Windy Harbour	Record low minimum temperature (provisional)	3.2 C (37.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	32	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-11	Windy Harbour	Record low maximum temperature (provisional)	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	28	14 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-11	Beverley	Record low maximum temperature (tie) (provisional)	19.4 C (66.9 F)	tie	51	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Cape Naturaliste	Record low minimum temperature (provisional)	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	48	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Wagin	Record low minimum temperature (provisional)	0.5 C (32.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Rocky Gully	Record low minimum temperature (provisional)	1.2 C (34.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28	18 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Jarrahwood	Record low minimum temperature (provisional)	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29	17 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Jacup	Record low minimum temperature (provisional)	0.3 C (32.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	16	10 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Rottnest Island	Record low minimum temperature (provisional)	10.8 C (51.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	4	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-13	Dalwallinu Comparison	Record low maximum temperature (provisional)	13.5 C (56.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	0	11 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-14	Dalwallinu Comparison	Record low maximum temperature (provisional)	14.6 C (58.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	68	27 of 100 (Routine)

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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 2026-11-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.