Weather Records on 26 October 1940

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1940. Highest significance: Tustin Irvine Rch, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 1940

On 26 October 1940, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 511 daily.
Tustin Irvine Rch set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 26 October 1940.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 26 October 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 13.

Records on 26 October 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1940

Top 20 records on 26 October 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1940	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Lemon Cove, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Porterville, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Uman, UA	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Springfield 1 SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Moab, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Grimes Pass 6 S, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Channagiri, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	Seven Oaks, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1940	High River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Fredericton Unb, CA	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Hay River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Parasala, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Bologna, IT	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Dulce, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Tooele, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1940	Gleichen, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 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

1816 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1940. 1940 had 516 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	393
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2