Weather Records on 28 October 1926

123 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1926. Highest significance: Freiburg, DE.

Key Facts for 28 October 1926

On 28 October 1926, 123 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 110 daily.
Freiburg set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 28 October 1926.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

123 stations

123 station records on 28 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

123 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 28 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 28 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 110.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

84 broken records

Margins by which the 84 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1926

Top 20 records on 28 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1926	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1926	Halden, NO	monthly snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1926	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	monthly snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Sydney, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Pitea, SE	daily low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Ulm, DE	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Georgetown 2 E, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Pitea, SE	daily low min	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Lowville, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Louisburg, US	monthly low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Geryville (El-Bayadh), DZ	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Andenes, NO	daily low min	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1926	Eustis 2 S, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	17 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 123 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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 50	81
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1