Weather Records on 7 October 1926

157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1926. Highest significance: Collingrove, AU.

Key Facts for 7 October 1926

On 7 October 1926, 157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 153 daily.
Collingrove set a daily record precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 7 October 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

157 stations

157 station records on 7 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

157 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 95.

Records on 7 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

131 broken records

Margins by which the 131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1926

Top 20 records on 7 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1926	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1926	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1926	Williamstown, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1926	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1926	Angaston, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1926	Riverton, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1926	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Merino, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Lyndoch, AU	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Merino (Glenorchy Estate), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1926	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	23 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

1802 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1926. 1926 had 157 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	87
5 to 10	23
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	8
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	1