Weather Records on 26 October 2006

1,822 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2006. Highest significance: Wyalkatchem, AU.

Key Facts for 26 October 2006

On 26 October 2006, 1,822 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
859 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,795 daily.
Wyalkatchem set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 26 October 2006.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,822 stations

1,822 station records on 26 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wonganoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ytterberg_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Telningsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Asele	Sweden	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Canal KM. 06+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hirvensalmi Hameenmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tasan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uplo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Hiiskula	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stalldalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porvoo Bengtsby	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tjarnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostanvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lieto Tammentaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,822 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 500, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 359, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 642, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 26 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	500
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	359
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	642
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 26 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 1,795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,570 broken records

Margins by which the 1,570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 246.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 2006

Top 20 records on 26 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2006	Wyalkatchem, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2006	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2006	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2006	Svinhult_D, SE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2006	Wonganoo, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2006	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Centennial 1NE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Ytterberg_D, SE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Yuinmery, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Ola, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Traneberg, SE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Telningsberg, SE	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Asele, SE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Gran Canal KM. 06+250, MX	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Las Animas, US	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Crockett, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Houston William P Hobby AP, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2006	Sturt Meadows, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	93 years	51 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2006. 2006 had 1,822 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 2006-10-26: 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 50	1,524
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	7