Weather Records on 26 October 1928

174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1928. Highest significance: Lund, SE.

Key Facts for 26 October 1928

On 26 October 1928, 174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 174 daily.
Lund set a daily record precipitation of 29.1 mm (1.1 in) on 26 October 1928.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

174 stations

174 station records on 26 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pomonal Windy Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

174 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 26 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1928

Top 20 records on 26 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1928	Lund, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1928	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1928	Terang, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Merino, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Merino (Glenorchy Estate), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1928	Orebro, SE	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	43 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

1816 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1928. 1928 had 174 records.

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

Records on 10-26 in each year
Year	Records
1816	1
1831	1
1832	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1849	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1866	3
1868	2
1870	1
1871	4
1874	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	8
1888	6
1889	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	2
1895	2
1898	2
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	4
1903	16
1904	6
1905	18
1906	8
1907	12
1908	25
1909	10
1910	10
1911	7
1912	24
1913	38
1914	27
1915	34
1916	59
1917	47
1918	58
1919	72
1920	57
1921	33
1922	147
1923	68
1924	102
1925	185
1926	381
1927	522
1928	174
1929	137
1930	228
1931	359
1932	468
1933	605
1934	331
1935	174
1936	528
1937	248
1938	201
1939	1,140
1940	516
1941	688
1942	926
1943	466
1944	357
1945	434
1946	481
1947	533
1948	158
1949	368
1950	654
1951	337
1952	417
1953	449
1954	728
1955	484
1956	378
1957	1,082
1958	187
1959	488
1960	315
1961	214
1962	1,136
1963	1,079
1964	417
1965	450
1966	271
1967	392
1968	478
1969	493
1970	744
1971	1,021
1972	362
1973	362
1974	266
1975	787
1976	818
1977	864
1978	495
1979	759
1980	953
1981	761
1982	837
1983	564
1984	790
1985	559
1986	602
1987	704
1988	896
1989	1,628
1990	582
1991	1,660
1992	726
1993	615
1994	610
1995	911
1996	1,651
1997	2,943
1998	1,125
1999	994
2000	1,091
2001	939
2002	1,088
2003	1,271
2004	1,122
2005	1,165
2006	1,822
2007	1,183
2008	631
2009	746
2010	1,542
2011	797
2012	1,048
2013	800
2014	977
2015	430
2016	719
2017	474
2018	592
2019	896
2020	3,942
2021	728
2022	626
2023	1,628
2024	790
2025	611

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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 5	108
5 to 10	20
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2