Weather Records on 21 October 2026

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 2026. Highest significance: Iizuka, JP.

Key Facts for 21 October 2026

On 21 October 2026, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 467 daily.
Iizuka set a monthly record daily precipitation of 235.5 mm (9.3 in) on 21 October 2026 (provisional).
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 21 October 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	357.0 mm (14.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	425.5 mm (16.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Logan City Water Treatment	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	198.0 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	170.5 mm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	248.5 mm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lizard Head Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	276.0 mm (10.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Diente Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	380.5 mm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Cone	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chicken	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Braemar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thangool Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	170.5 mm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scotch Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	170.5 mm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Alaska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra (McCoys Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asahikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iida	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbine Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiba	Japan	Record daily precipitation	226.0 mm (8.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Obs)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Mountain Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk Chautauqua Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chiba	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 21 October 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 21 October 2026 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 467.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 184.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 2026

Top 20 records on 21 October 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 2026	Iizuka, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	75 years	79 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2026	Kyoto, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	357.0 mm (14.1 in)	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2026	Sumoto, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	425.5 mm (16.8 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	11 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2026	Fukuoka, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2026	Logan City Water Treatment, AU	monthly rain (Provisional)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Tsuruga, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	198.0 mm (7.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Hamada, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	170.5 mm (6.7 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Shimonoseki, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Oita, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	248.5 mm (9.8 in)	164.9 mm (6.5 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Lizard Head Pass, US	daily rain (Provisional)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Flagstaff AP, US	daily high min (Provisional)	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	128 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Katsuura, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Nara, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Miyazaki, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	276.0 mm (10.9 in)	184.1 mm (7.2 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	El Diente Peak, US	daily rain (Provisional)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Saint Johns, US	daily high min (Provisional)	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Circle Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall (Provisional)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Gooding 2 S, US	daily high min (Provisional)	11.0 C (51.8 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2026	Hiroshima, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	380.5 mm (15.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	49 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

1795 to 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 486 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	808
1991	876
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	704
2013	440
2014	716
2015	494
2016	734
2017	751
2018	440
2019	758
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	363
2026	486

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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 2026-11-12 (12 November 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-11-12. Last revised 12 November 2026 (2026-11-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	396
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1