Weather Records on 26 October 1934

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1934. Highest significance: The Meadows Tank, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1934

On 26 October 1934, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 327 daily.
The Meadows Tank set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 26 October 1934.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

331 stations

331 station records on 26 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Meadows Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Moira Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Booroondara Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rye Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suntop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 26 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1934

Top 20 records on 26 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1934	The Meadows Tank, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Tottenham (Moira Vale), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Shepherds Creek, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Lexton, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Browning, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Obley, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Whroo, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Shearleys Tank, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Jingellic, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Stratford, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Dargo, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Whittlesea, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1934	Mundulla, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1934	Cavan, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1934	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1934	Harrietville, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	30 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1934. 1934 had 331 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 25	278
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1