Weather Records on 26 October 1956

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1956. Highest significance: Notinsila (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 October 1956

On 26 October 1956, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 371 daily.
Notinsila (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 102.0 mm (4.0 in) on 26 October 1956.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 26 October 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort George	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 October 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 October 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1956

Top 20 records on 26 October 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1956	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Gobichettipalaya, IN	monthly rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Hay (Illilawa), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Blackbutte 1 N, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Red Deer, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Fish Lake, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1956	Snake Rvr, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Fort Simpson, CA	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	McCall, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Pemberton Meadows, CA	monthly snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Chidambaram, IN	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1956	Cheboygan, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1956. 1956 had 378 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	293
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1