Weather Records on 26 October 1931

359 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1931. Highest significance: Mudukulathur, IN.

Key Facts for 26 October 1931

On 26 October 1931, 359 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 351 daily.
Mudukulathur set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 26 October 1931.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

359 stations

359 station records on 26 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

359 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 26 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 26 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 351.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1931

Top 20 records on 26 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1931	Mudukulathur, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1931	Tirumangalam, IN	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1931	Ust-Sugor, RU	monthly rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1931	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Saint John, CA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Kothapeta, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Sonari, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Hays 1 S, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Jaipur, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Attabari, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Gavle, SE	monthly low min	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Chhaygaon, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Yellavaram, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1931	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	29 years	23 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1931. 1931 had 359 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 20	284
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1