Weather Records on 26 October 1917

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1917. Highest significance: Queenstown, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 October 1917

On 26 October 1917, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 47 daily.
Queenstown set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 26 October 1917.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 26 October 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 26 October 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 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

26 October 1917

Top 20 records on 26 October 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1917	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1917	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1917	Gospic, HR	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1917	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Ida, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1917	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.2 cm (0.9 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1816 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1917. 1917 had 47 records.

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

Records on 10-26 in each year
Year	Records
1816	1
1831	1
1832	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1849	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1866	3
1868	2
1870	1
1871	4
1874	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	8
1888	6
1889	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	2
1895	2
1898	2
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	4
1903	16
1904	6
1905	18
1906	8
1907	12
1908	25
1909	10
1910	10
1911	7
1912	24
1913	38
1914	27
1915	34
1916	59
1917	47
1918	58
1919	72
1920	57
1921	33
1922	147
1923	68
1924	102
1925	185
1926	381
1927	522
1928	174
1929	137
1930	228
1931	359
1932	468
1933	605
1934	331
1935	174
1936	528
1937	248
1938	201
1939	1,140
1940	516
1941	688
1942	926
1943	466
1944	357
1945	434
1946	481
1947	533
1948	158
1949	368
1950	654
1951	337
1952	417
1953	449
1954	728
1955	484
1956	378
1957	1,082
1958	187
1959	488
1960	315
1961	214
1962	1,136
1963	1,079
1964	417
1965	450
1966	271
1967	392
1968	478
1969	493
1970	744
1971	1,021
1972	362
1973	362
1974	266
1975	787
1976	818
1977	864
1978	495
1979	759
1980	953
1981	761
1982	837
1983	564
1984	790
1985	559
1986	602
1987	704
1988	896
1989	1,628
1990	582
1991	1,660
1992	726
1993	615
1994	610
1995	911
1996	1,651
1997	2,943
1998	1,125
1999	994
2000	1,091
2001	939
2002	1,088
2003	1,271
2004	1,122
2005	1,165
2006	1,822
2007	1,183
2008	631
2009	746
2010	1,542
2011	797
2012	1,048
2013	800
2014	977
2015	430
2016	719
2017	474
2018	592
2019	896
2020	3,942
2021	728
2022	626
2023	1,628
2024	790
2025	611

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	32
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1