Weather Records on 26 October 1919

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1919. Highest significance: Vanersborg, SE.

Key Facts for 26 October 1919

On 26 October 1919, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 63 daily.
Vanersborg set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 26 October 1919.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 26 October 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 16, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 26 October 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

66 broken records

Margins by which the 66 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1919

Top 20 records on 26 October 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1919	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1919	Branxton Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1919	St Albans, CA	monthly low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Ft Bidwell, US	monthly low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Fort Chipewyan, CA	monthly low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Battleford, CA	monthly low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Prince Albert, CA	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Malvern, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Swift Current, CA	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Huron Rgnl AP, US	monthly low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Vinga, SE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1919	Edmonton, CA	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	20 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1919. 1919 had 72 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 5	47
5 to 10	14
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1