Weather Records on 26 October 1991

1,660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1991. Highest significance: Decatur, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 1991

On 26 October 1991, 1,660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
693 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,612 daily.
Decatur set a daily record precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 26 October 1991.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,660 stations

1,660 station records on 26 October 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklandon Geist Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dewar 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boyd	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pony	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grover Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barisaho	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Checotah	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,660 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 508, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 622, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 26 October 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	508
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	622
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 26 October 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 1,612.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,363 broken records

Margins by which the 1,363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1991

Top 20 records on 26 October 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1991	Decatur, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Osterley, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Bodie California St Historic P, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	94 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Stockton Fire STN 4, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Put-In-Bay, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Defiance, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Tuskahoma, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Lodi, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Sandusky, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Albion, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1991	Caldwell, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1991	Perryville Wtp, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	59 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1991. 1991 had 1,660 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	1,300
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1