Weather Records on 26 October 1924

102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1924. Highest significance: Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1924

On 26 October 1924, 102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 102 daily.
Adelaide (Thorndon Park) set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 26 October 1924.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

102 stations

102 station records on 26 October 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

102 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 22.

Records on 26 October 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1924

Top 20 records on 26 October 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1924	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1924	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1924	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Goornong, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Baku, AZ	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	2 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Saint John, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Eufaula, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	White River, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Needles, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1924	Mohall, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	17 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1924. 1924 had 102 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 10	64
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1