Weather Records on 23 October 1926

131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1926. Highest significance: Riversdale, ZA.

Key Facts for 23 October 1926

On 23 October 1926, 131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 127 daily.
Riversdale set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 23 October 1926.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

131 stations

131 station records on 23 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

131 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

110 broken records

Margins by which the 110 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1926

Top 20 records on 23 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1926	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1926	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1926	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Hewitt, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low max	3.6 C (38.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Hvar, HR	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Minsk, BY	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Gorki, BY	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1926	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	4 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 131 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 10	85
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1