Weather Records on 26 October 1941

688 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1941. Highest significance: Manoora, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1941

On 26 October 1941, 688 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 680 daily.
Manoora set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 26 October 1941.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

688 stations

688 station records on 26 October 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda (Brownlow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Pyap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgundawa Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

688 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 521, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	521
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 680.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1941

Top 20 records on 26 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1941	Manoora, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Kapunda Water Works, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Bower, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Big Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Eudunda (Brownlow), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Bird Island, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Gordon 6N, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Loxton (Pyap), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1941	Mulgundawa Salt, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1941. 1941 had 688 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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Data for records on 1941-10-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	564
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1