Weather Records on 26 October 1949

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1949. Highest significance: Gavle, SE.

Key Facts for 26 October 1949

On 26 October 1949, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 359 daily.
Gavle set a daily record precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 26 October 1949.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 26 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 359.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1949

Top 20 records on 26 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1949	Gavle, SE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1949	Crohamhurst, AU	monthly rain	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1949	Uppsala_Aut, SE	monthly rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Katandra North, AU	all-time rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Gysinge, SE	monthly rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Glen Innes Gasworks, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Malung, SE	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Barham (Thule Street), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Falun, SE	monthly rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Kasargod, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Moira Lower, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Gop, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Orje, NO	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1949	Orebro, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	38 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1949. 1949 had 368 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	311
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1