Weather Records on 26 October 2017

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2017. Highest significance: Ansonia 1 NW, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 2017

On 26 October 2017, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 465 daily.
Ansonia 1 NW set a daily record precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 26 October 2017.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 26 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ansonia 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olastorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norton W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edirne	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chulitna Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgton 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corinna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarh	Chad	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 465.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 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 2017

Top 20 records on 26 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2017	Ansonia 1 NW, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Van Buren 2, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Woodland, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Olastorp, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Mwanza, TZ	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Paso Robles, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Mosman Park, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Berkeley, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Pasadena, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Ojai, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Norton W, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Ft Kent, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Haverhill, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Hyannis, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Middleboro, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Edirne, TR	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Valentine, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2017	Harrison, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	40 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2017. 2017 had 474 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 20	346
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1