Weather Records on 26 October 1969

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1969. Highest significance: Biscotasing, CA.

Key Facts for 26 October 1969

On 26 October 1969, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 469 daily.
Biscotasing set a monthly record daily snowfall of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 26 October 1969.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 26 October 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vjazemskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schmidtsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Napas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gonvick 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duvan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trident	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 26 October 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 26 October 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

428 broken records

Margins by which the 428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 234.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1969

Top 20 records on 26 October 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1969	Biscotasing, CA	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1969	Sindgi, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Amos, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Earlton A, CA	monthly snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Tower 2S, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Barrage Angliers, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Broederstroom (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Palestina (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Vjazemskaja, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Fessenden, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Galway, IE	daily high min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Nargund, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Modderrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Schmidtsdrif, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1969	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1969	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1969	De Hoek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	34 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1969. 1969 had 493 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 50	413
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1