Weather Records on 26 October 2021

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 October 2021. Highest significance: Freehold-Marlboro, US.

Key Facts for 26 October 2021

On 26 October 2021, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 720 daily.
Freehold-Marlboro set a daily record precipitation of 103.4 mm (4.1 in) on 26 October 2021.
Across 157 earlier years (1816 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 26 October 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 October 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alonnah Area School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taranna (Parks & Wildlife)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Islip-Li Macarthur AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Funafuti Intl Arpt	Tuvalu	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Teterboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aerop.Internacional	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bound Brook 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westhampton Gabreski AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Haven Tweed AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idarado	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Cone	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 26 October 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 310, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 26 October 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 26 October 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 720.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 October 2021

Top 20 records on 26 October 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 October 2021	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	78 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2021	Westchester Co AP, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2021	Man, CI	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2021	Alonnah Area School, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2021	E Stroudsburg, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 October 2021	Ojai, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	114 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Roebling, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Binghamton, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Taranna (Parks & Wildlife), AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Islip-Li Macarthur AP, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Big Tujunga Dam Fc46, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Lindsay, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Funafuti Intl Arpt, TV	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Wertsville 4 NE, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Deseret, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Teterboro AP, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Cape Bridgewater, AU	monthly rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 October 2021	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	131 years	50 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1816 to 2021. 2021 had 728 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 25	550
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1