Weather Records on 1 October 1926

181 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1926. Highest significance: Sedan, US.

Key Facts for 1 October 1926

On 1 October 1926, 181 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 172 daily.
Sedan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.7 mm (4.9 in) on 1 October 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

181 stations

181 station records on 1 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nimagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

181 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 76.

Records on 1 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1926

Top 20 records on 1 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1926	Sedan, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1926	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	all-time rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1926	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1926	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1926	Grafton, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Oakbank, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Decatur Wtp, US	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily low min	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Athens, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Stillwater 2 W, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Antigo, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Uccle, BE	daily low min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Armagh, GB	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Jefferson 3SE, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Independence, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1926	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 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

1813 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1926. 1926 had 181 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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	108
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1