Weather Records on 26 October 1984

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1984. Highest significance: Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs), AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1984

On 26 October 1984, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
387 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 781 daily.
Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 132.0 mm (5.2 in) on 26 October 1984.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 26 October 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Lake	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Samalayuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arjeplog A	Sweden	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Etchojoa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Tacubaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Indep Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
General Anaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brackendale (the Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 26 October 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 26 October 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

627 broken records

Margins by which the 627 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1984

Top 20 records on 26 October 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1984	Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs), AU	monthly rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	76 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 October 1984	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Trout Lake, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Port O'Connor, US	daily rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Samalayuca, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Hatch, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Arjeplog A, SE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Duncan, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Crow Agency, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Republic, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Gilberton, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Hiram, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Chestnut Hill, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Cloudcroft, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Hillsboro, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1984	Carrollton Lock 1, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	82 years	35 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1984. 1984 had 790 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	609
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1