Weather Records on 26 October 1946

481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1946. Highest significance: Cape York Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1946

On 26 October 1946, 481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 477 daily.
Cape York Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 26 October 1946.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

481 stations

481 station records on 26 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

481 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 221.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1946

Top 20 records on 26 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1946	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1946	Pleasant Valley, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Conrad, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Driggs, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Kulikuchi, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Kingston, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1946	Wien, AT	daily low min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Sarajevo, BA	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Monticello, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Logan, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Szeged, HU	daily low min	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Bologna, IT	daily low min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1946	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	58 years	31 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1946. 1946 had 481 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 50	412
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2