Weather Records on 22 October 1926

97 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1926. Highest significance: Bredasdorp, ZA.

Key Facts for 22 October 1926

On 22 October 1926, 97 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 94 daily.
Bredasdorp set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 22 October 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

97 stations

97 station records on 22 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

97 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 22 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 22 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 94.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

85 broken records

Margins by which the 85 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1926

Top 20 records on 22 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1926	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1926	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1926	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Armagh, GB	daily low max	4.9 C (40.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Elatma, RU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Pakri, EE	daily rain	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Petoskey, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1926	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low max	3.6 C (38.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	45 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 97 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 October 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	67
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3