Weather Records on 26 October 1987

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1987. Highest significance: Kisinev, MD.

Key Facts for 26 October 1987

On 26 October 1987, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 685 daily.
Kisinev set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 26 October 1987.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 26 October 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bustonabad	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koumac (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record daily precipitation	788.0 mm (31.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Capinzal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalay-Khumb	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorie (Old Northern Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenindjol	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jangier	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sanzar	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tavil-Dora	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pariquera-Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fizuly	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uzgen	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhergital	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Otar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiraspol	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roselandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ak-Terk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koolan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itapitangui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leninskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moyoguarda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Overton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 October 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 October 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 685.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 712.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1987

Top 20 records on 26 October 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1987	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1987	Samarkand, UZ	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Burno-Oktyabrsk, KZ	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Wynne, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Bustonabad, TJ	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Koumac (Nlle-Caledo, NC	daily rain	788.0 mm (31.0 in)	712.0 mm (28.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Barra Do Capinzal, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Moscow, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Memphis, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Kalay-Khumb, TJ	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Bolton, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Glenorie (Old Northern Rd), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Lenindjol, KG	all-time rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Des Arc, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Jangier, TJ	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Sanzar, UZ	monthly rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1987	Byhalia, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1987. 1987 had 704 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	541
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1