Weather Records on 26 October 1920

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1920. Highest significance: Lexington Bluegrass AP, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 1920

On 26 October 1920, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 57 daily.
Lexington Bluegrass AP set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 26 October 1920.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 26 October 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Budgerum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Moobong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 37.

Records on 26 October 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 57.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

53 broken records

Margins by which the 53 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1920

Top 20 records on 26 October 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1920	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1920	Paris, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Washington, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Currandooley, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Murringo (Windermere), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Budgerum, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Philadelphia City, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Queanbeyan 2, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1920	Bass (Kilcunda), AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 years	15 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1920. 1920 had 57 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	36
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1