Weather Records on 26 October 2009

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2009. Highest significance: Northville, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 2009

On 26 October 2009, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 727 daily.
Northville set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 26 October 2009.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 26 October 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Larissa	Greece	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchs Forest (Frenchs Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tehuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Soloneshnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans (Espie St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stahl Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rioverde (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta North (Masons Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Clarine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Revesby (Paten Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E.T.Arroyo 107 Petatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 26 October 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 26 October 2009 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

611 broken records

Margins by which the 611 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 2009

Top 20 records on 26 October 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2009	Northville, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2009	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2009	Sydney Airport AMO, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2009	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2009	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2009	Larissa, GR	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2009	Castle Cove (Rosebridge Ave), AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Santa Barbara, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Frenchs Forest (Frenchs Forest, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Tehuacan, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Soloneshnoe, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Cromer Golf Club, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Nyngan (Mudall), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Quilberry Station, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Agedabia, LY	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	Paulo Afonso, BR	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2009	San Bernardino Lagunas, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	47 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2009. 2009 had 746 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 2009-10-26: 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	530
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1