Weather Records on 24 October 1926

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1926. Highest significance: Hiram, US.

Key Facts for 24 October 1926

On 24 October 1926, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 264 daily.
Hiram set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 24 October 1926.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 24 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

213 broken records

Margins by which the 213 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1926

Top 20 records on 24 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1926	Hiram, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1926	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Washington, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Walgett Council Depot, AU	monthly high max	40.8 C (105.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	monthly snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Tuddal, NO	monthly snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Minden, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Richmond, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Harnosand, SE	daily low min	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Vastervik, SE	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Jonkoping, SE	daily low max	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1926	Gorki, BY	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 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

1802 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1926. 1926 had 268 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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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 20	201
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1