Weather Records on 26 October 1988

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1988. Highest significance: Cengcane (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 October 1988

On 26 October 1988, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 859 daily.
Cengcane (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 74.0 mm (2.9 in) on 26 October 1988.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 26 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elias Fausto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jundiai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Branca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paratei	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bibaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Motuca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hvaler	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itapecerica da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piracaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Pari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Instituto Biologico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freguesia da Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Beicht	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Pequena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Echapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Do O	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cerqueira Cesar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineiros Do Tiete (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guararema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Caetano Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morungaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Das Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salesopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aiuruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Sarapu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Vista Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 360, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 26 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 26 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 859.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1988

Top 20 records on 26 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1988	Cengcane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1988	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Vinhedo, BR	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Elias Fausto, BR	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Jundiai, BR	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Brooweena Lahey St, AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Santa Branca (Pcd), BR	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Paratei, BR	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Columbus, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Bibaringa, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Motuca, BR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Hvaler, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Lista Fyr, NO	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Santa Branca, BR	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Itapecerica da Serra, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Fredonia, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Piracaia, BR	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1988	Usina Pari, BR	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	43 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1988. 1988 had 896 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 1988-10-26: 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	578
20 to 40	96
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1