Weather Records on 26 October 1936

528 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1936. Highest significance: Willowmore, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 October 1936

On 26 October 1936, 528 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 287 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 510 daily.
Willowmore set an all-time record daily precipitation of 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 26 October 1936.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

528 stations

528 station records on 26 October 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinac Island	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

528 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 26 October 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1936

Top 20 records on 26 October 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1936	Willowmore, ZA	all-time rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 October 1936	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1936	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1936	Batesville, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1936	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Savanne, CA	monthly low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	monthly low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Niulii 179, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Coldwater, CA	monthly low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Kanas, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Kenora, CA	monthly low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Roseau, US	monthly low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Water Valley, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Lindsay, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Batesville L&D 1, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Greenville, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1936	Haileybury, CA	monthly low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	25 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1936. 1936 had 528 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	423
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1