Weather Records on 31 October 1926

153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1926. Highest significance: Robertson, ZA.

Key Facts for 31 October 1926

On 31 October 1926, 153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 143 daily.
Robertson set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 31 October 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

153 stations

153 station records on 31 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

153 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 31 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 31 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

138 broken records

Margins by which the 138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1926

Top 20 records on 31 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1926	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Soltau, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Arnsberg, DE	monthly rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1926	Uman, UA	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15.5 C (27.9 F)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Altentreptow, DE	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Carthage, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Wien, AT	daily high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Odesa, UA	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 October 1926	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	27 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

1805 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1926. 1926 had 153 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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	134
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1