Weather Records on 26 October 1974

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1974. Highest significance: Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1974

On 26 October 1974, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 254 daily.
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok set a daily record precipitation of 26.6 mm (1.0 in) on 26 October 1974.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 26 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karabulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Die Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoa Dos Cochos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Melo Peixoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kananaskis	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe Orizatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwerus (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tungokocen	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nercinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olovjannaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karymskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedlovaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shilka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 26 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 26 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

220 broken records

Margins by which the 220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 770.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1974

Top 20 records on 26 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1974	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1974	Karabulak, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1974	Warmun, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1974	Auvergne, AU	monthly rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Tucson WFO, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Minusinsk, RU	daily low min	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Florence, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Beaver, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Duncan, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Rudnya, RU	monthly rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Akhty, RU	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Astolfo Dutra, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Die Hoop, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Lagoa Dos Cochos, BR	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Angoon Pwr, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 October 1974	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	24 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1974. 1974 had 266 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 100	218
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1