Weather Records on 26 October 2019

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2019. Highest significance: Decatur Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 2019

On 26 October 2019, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 872 daily.
Decatur Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 26 October 2019.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 26 October 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pjalica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Demopolis L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gvasjugi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Magadan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mohamed Boudiaf Intl	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abramovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 165, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 26 October 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	165
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 26 October 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 872.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

762 broken records

Margins by which the 762 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 2019

Top 20 records on 26 October 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2019	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2019	Shillong, IN	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	113 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2019	Pjalica, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2019	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2019	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2019	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2019	Greensboro, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2019	Karwar, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Cleveland, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Demopolis L&D, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Lincoln, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Rantoul, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Helena, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Addison, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Calera, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2019	Augusta, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	54 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2019. 2019 had 896 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2019-10-26: 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	653
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	23
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2