Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026

Name: Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026
Start: 2026-10-06
End: 2026-10-14
Location: United States

Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026: 12 records at 9 stations, peak on 11 October 2026. Closed.

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

Key Facts

Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026 set or tied 12 station records at 9 stations.
It ran from 6 October 2026 to 14 October 2026 (9 days) and its peak day was 11 October 2026.
Status: closed.
Aniak AP set a daily record high maximum temperature of 10.0 C (50.0 F) on 10 October 2026 (provisional).
The busiest day was 11 October 2026 with 3 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 83 years.

Footprint

6 to 14 October 2026

The area covered by Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026 is outlined, with 9 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Aniak AP	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2026-10-10
Minchumina	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2026-10-14
Unalakleet Fld	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2026-10-11
Wiseman	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2026-10-13
Poorman Alaska	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2026-10-12
Teuchet Creek	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2026-10-11
Coldfoot	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2026-10-12
Haycock Alaska	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2026-10-11
Gilmore Creek	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2026-10-12
Selawik Alaska	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2026-10-12
Hogatza River Alaska	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2026-10-13

Records per Day

Peak day 3

Records set or tied each day from 6 October 2026 to 14 October 2026. The most in one day was 3 on 11 October 2026.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026 ranked by margin
Aniak AP, 10-09	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Poorman Alaska, 10-10	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Aniak AP, 10-10	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Teuchet Creek, 10-11	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Coldfoot, 10-12	0.7 C (1.3 F)
Minchumina, 10-14	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Wiseman, 10-13	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Haycock Alaska, 10-11	0.6 C (1.1 F)
Unalakleet Fld, 10-11	0.5 C (0.9 F)
Aniak AP, 10-09	0.5 C (0.9 F)
Poorman Alaska, 10-12	0.5 C (0.9 F)
Selawik Alaska, 10-12	0.5 C (0.9 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

12 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 Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026 compared with similar events
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Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026 (this event)	12 records

Every Record Set

14 of 12

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in United States, 6 to 14 October 2026, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2026-10-09	Aniak AP	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72	34 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-09	Aniak AP	Record high maximum temperature (provisional)	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39	21 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-10	Aniak AP	Record high maximum temperature (provisional)	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83	36 of 100 (Notable)
2026-10-10	Poorman Alaska	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	8	7 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-11	Unalakleet Fld	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47	22 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-11	Teuchet Creek	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	8	6 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-11	Haycock Alaska	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	9	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Poorman Alaska	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	16	8 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Coldfoot	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	8	6 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Gilmore Creek	Record high minimum temperature (tie) (provisional)	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	tie	56	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-12	Selawik Alaska	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	8	5 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-13	Wiseman	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	16	15 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-13	Hogatza River Alaska	Record high minimum temperature (tie) (provisional)	0.6 C (33.1 F)	tie	12	1 of 100 (Routine)
2026-10-14	Minchumina	Record high minimum temperature (provisional)	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80	32 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.