Weather Records on 21 October 1926

77 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1926. Highest significance: Drift Sands (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 21 October 1926

On 21 October 1926, 77 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 74 daily.
Drift Sands (Bos) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 21 October 1926.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

77 stations

77 station records on 21 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

77 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 26, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 74.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1926

Top 20 records on 21 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1926	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1926	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1926	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Northfield, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Chatham, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	45 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Ulm, DE	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Weimar, DE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Independence, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Wolfville, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Galway, IE	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1926	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	23 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

1795 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 77 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	49
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1