Weather Records on 26 October 1979

759 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1979. Highest significance: Mt Crosby, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1979

On 26 October 1979, 759 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
283 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 734 daily.
Mt Crosby set a daily record precipitation of 84.0 mm (3.3 in) on 26 October 1979.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

759 stations

759 station records on 26 October 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neozhidannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uybat	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Massawa	Eritrea	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blaauwkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dayboro Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

759 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 26 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 26 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1979

Top 20 records on 26 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1979	Mt Crosby, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1979	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1979	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Archerfield Airport, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Neozhidannyj, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Broadholm, ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Uybat, RU	monthly rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Vastervik, SE	monthly low min	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Moore Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Pechey Forestry, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Rumbulara Vineyards, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1979	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	86 years	39 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1979. 1979 had 759 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 1979-10-26: 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	533
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1