Weather Records on 30 October 1926

131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1926. Highest significance: Halden, NO.

Key Facts for 30 October 1926

On 30 October 1926, 131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 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.
Halden set a daily record snow depth of 35.0 cm (13.8 in) on 30 October 1926.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

131 stations

131 station records on 30 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

131 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 30 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 30 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

102 broken records

Margins by which the 102 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1926

Top 20 records on 30 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1926	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1926	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1926	Conway, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1926	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Clifton, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Cowles, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	23.2 C (73.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	52 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Uman, UA	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Kazan, RU	daily rain	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Elatma, RU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 October 1926	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	17 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

1799 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1926. 1926 had 131 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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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	96
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1