Weather Records on 26 October 1975

787 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1975. Highest significance: Clover Valley, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 1975

On 26 October 1975, 787 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 777 daily.
Clover Valley set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 26 October 1975.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

787 stations

787 station records on 26 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parateca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mad River Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muir Woods	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Occidental	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

787 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 26 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 26 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1975

Top 20 records on 26 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1975	Clover Valley, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1975	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1975	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Sugartown, US	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Idaho City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Parateca, BR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Chiloquin 1 E, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Yreka, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	126 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Oakley, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Moran 5WNW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Poteet, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Swan River, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1975	Tiger Creek Ph, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	40 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1975. 1975 had 787 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	643
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1