Weather Records on 23 October 2026

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 2026. Highest significance: Anaconda, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 2026

On 23 October 2026, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
433 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 702 daily.
Anaconda set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 23 October 2026 (provisional).
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 23 October 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	261.0 mm (10.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Navajo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Townsend 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Black Swamp (Maxwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bostetter R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Bottom	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hovenweep Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	248.0 mm (9.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lubrecht Flume	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maroon Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloody Dick	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 332, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 October 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	332
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 October 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 702.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

632 broken records

Margins by which the 632 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 2026

Top 20 records on 23 October 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 2026	Anaconda, US	daily rain (Provisional)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 October 2026	New Harmony, US	daily rain (Provisional)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 October 2026	Gympie, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	121 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Manassa, US	daily rain (Provisional)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Yamagata, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Klaipeda, LT	daily rain (Provisional)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain (Provisional)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Drummond Aviation, US	daily rain (Provisional)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily rain (Provisional)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Helena AP ASOS, US	monthly rain (Provisional)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Sendai, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Kagoshima, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	261.0 mm (10.3 in)	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Ft Lauderdale Beach, US	daily high max (Provisional)	38.9 C (102.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Navajo Dam, US	daily rain (Provisional)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Fukuoka, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2026	Iizuka, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2026	Townsend 3SE, US	daily rain (Provisional)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2026	Kaunas, LT	daily rain (Provisional)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2026	Del Norte 3ENE, US	monthly rain (Provisional)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2026	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	56 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 724 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	955
1991	1,232
1992	1,175
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,274
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,674
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	460
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	342
2026	724

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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	589
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1