Weather Records on 26 October 1973

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1973. Highest significance: Jamestown, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1973

On 26 October 1973, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 343 daily.
Jamestown set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 26 October 1973.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

362 stations

362 station records on 26 October 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mulyungarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waikerie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkadene (Murtho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morkalla North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booborowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meribah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Florieton (Bundey Bore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blaauwkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Wilkurra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Qualco (Kaluna Vineyards)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annette AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 October 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 October 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1973

Top 20 records on 26 October 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1973	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1973	Mulyungarie, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1973	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1973	Kingston on Murray, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1973	Hallett, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1973	Mannanarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Terowie, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Mount Bryan, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Portland, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Waikerie, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Alawoona, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Yongala, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Wilkadene (Murtho), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Morkalla North, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1973	Cadell, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1973. 1973 had 362 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 1973-10-26: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	227
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1