Weather Records on 26 October 1999

994 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 1999. Highest significance: Snowball, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 1999

On 26 October 1999, 994 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 518 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 115 monthly and 879 daily.
Snowball set a daily record precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 26 October 1999.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

994 stations

994 station records on 26 October 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fazenda Boa Esperanca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cantanhede	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Do Abaete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ajojucar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Juarez (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Annaba	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeiro Goncalves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Despoblado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Requena	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teocaltiche (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aculco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atemajac de Brizuela	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corrales	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Escalera	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prata Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mixquiahuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Temascales	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalupe Buenavista	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Horcones	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Venados	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

994 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 458, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 October 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	458
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 October 1999 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 115, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

690 broken records

Margins by which the 690 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 1999

Top 20 records on 26 October 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 1999	Snowball, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 October 1999	Fazenda Boa Esperanca, BR	monthly rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Jayuya, PR	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Huauchinango, MX	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Wien, AT	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	140 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Fossil, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Grangeville, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Wien, AT	daily high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	130 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Cantanhede, BR	monthly rain	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Union de Tula, MX	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Sao Goncalo Do Abaete, BR	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Huetamo, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Ajojucar, MX	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Valle de Juarez (Dge), MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Santa Rita, MX	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Chon Buri, TH	monthly high max	39.7 C (103.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Red Lodge, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Naalehu 14, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 1999	Annaba, DZ	daily high max	39.5 C (103.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 1999. 1999 had 994 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 1999-10-26: 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	672
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1