Weather Records on 13 October 1926

137 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1926. Highest significance: Vastervik, SE.

Key Facts for 13 October 1926

On 13 October 1926, 137 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 136 daily.
Vastervik set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 13 October 1926.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

137 stations

137 station records on 13 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

137 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1926

Top 20 records on 13 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1926	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1926	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Edenton, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Bute (Ninnes), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Wittenberg, DE	monthly rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Port Townsend, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	7.3 C (45.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Valley Head, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Athens, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Morden, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1926	Chelsea, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	17 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 137 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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 50	109
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1