Weather Records on 17 October 1926

153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1926. Highest significance: Prince Albert, CA.

Key Facts for 17 October 1926

On 17 October 1926, 153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 147 daily.
Prince Albert set a daily record snowfall of 18.8 cm (7.4 in) on 17 October 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

153 stations

153 station records on 17 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Berida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

153 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1926

Top 20 records on 17 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1926	Prince Albert, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1926	Bologna, IT	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1926	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Ft Collins, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Hays 1 S, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Prince Albert, CA	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Harnosand, SE	daily low min	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Oakbank, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Springer, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 October 1926	Astana, KZ	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	41 years	18 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 153 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

Download the Data

Data for records on 1926-10-17: 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 25	114
25 to 50	3
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1