Weather Records on 26 October 1922

147 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1922. Highest significance: Emu Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1922

On 26 October 1922, 147 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 143 daily.
Emu Plains set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 26 October 1922.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

147 stations

147 station records on 26 October 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baan Baa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotslea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milliwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Llangollen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

147 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 26 October 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

138 broken records

Margins by which the 138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1922

Top 20 records on 26 October 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1922	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1922	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1922	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1922	Baan Baa, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1922	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1922	Roma Post Office, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1922	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1922	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Abbotslea, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Uccle, BE	monthly low min	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Dirranbandi High School, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Castle Mountain, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1922	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	25 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1922. 1922 had 147 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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Data for records on 1922-10-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	101
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1