Weather Records on 26 October 1977

864 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1977. Highest significance: Little Mtn, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 1977

On 26 October 1977, 864 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
391 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 849 daily.
Little Mtn set a daily record precipitation of 119.9 mm (4.7 in) on 26 October 1977.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

864 stations

864 station records on 26 October 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cormick 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ware Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weemelah Balarang Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorgas 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Potrerillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Jocoque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

864 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 412, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 October 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	412
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 October 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1977

Top 20 records on 26 October 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1977	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1977	Lencois, BR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1977	Munfordville 5 NW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1977	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Franklin, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Aracaju, BR	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Lincolnton, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Albemarle, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Mc Cormick 9 E, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Ware Shoals, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Hartwell, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Kershaw 1SW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Richmond Intl AP, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1977	Santuck, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	50 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1977. 1977 had 864 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1977-10-26: 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 20	556
20 to 40	103
40 to 60	51
60 to 80	14
80 to 100	3