Weather Records on 26 October 2013

800 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2013. Highest significance: Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN.

Key Facts for 26 October 2013

On 26 October 2013, 800 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
435 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 792 daily.
Calcutta/Dum Dum set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 26 October 2013.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

800 stations

800 station records on 26 October 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Terpenij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgundam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tahiti-Faaa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jharsuguda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chiba	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huesca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ferron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathgordon Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alzey	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyritz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

800 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 305, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	305
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 792.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

686 broken records

Margins by which the 686 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 2013

Top 20 records on 26 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2013	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2013	Kofu, JP	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2013	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Hamamatsu, JP	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Mys Terpenij, RU	monthly rain	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Ramgundam, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Tahiti-Faaa, PF	monthly rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Lexington, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Pendra Road, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Toyama, JP	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Newport 1 NW, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Purcellville, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Potsdam, DE	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Marnitz, DE	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Lindenberg, DE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2013	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	86 years	38 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2013. 2013 had 800 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 10	648
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2