Five daily high-temperature records were broken and one was tied at six sites across Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois on October 13, 2026. Temperatures at the sites reached 32.8–33.9°C (91–93°F), or 9.4–13.3°C (17–24°F) above normal, following the warmest September on record for the contiguous United States.
Late-season heat affected southern China from September 25 into early October 2026, with official reports placing temperatures at 39.5°C (103.1°F) in Qiaojia, Yunnan, 39.1°C (102.4°F) in Yongding, Fujian, and 38.0°C (100.4°F) in Guangxin, Jiangxi. An independent analysis of station data identified 62 October maximum-temperature records on October 1 and another 18 on October 2, although Chinese meteorological authorities have not published an equivalent record count.
Rainfall on Oshima reached 600 mm (23.6 inches) in the 24 hours ending at 14:00 LT (05:00 UTC) on September 21, 2026, as Typhoon Dujuan passed the Izu Islands and approached eastern Japan. The record September rainfall prompted a Level 5 landslide special warning, while flooding, landslides and transport disruption affected parts of the Kanto region.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued Level 5 Emergency Warnings for landslides in Niijima Village, Oshima Town and Toshima Village in Tokyo’s Izu Islands on September 7, 2026, after 24-hour rainfall totals broke records at multiple stations. Niijima recorded 485 mm (19.1 inches), while the main Oshima station received 581.5 mm (22.9 inches), its highest September total on record. Separately, Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture issued a citywide Level 4 Evacuation Instruction and listed one death in its final disaster report, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).
Record rainfall associated with Typhoon No. 24 and an autumn-rain front affected Yakushima Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, from September 4 to September 5, 2026, with 24-hour rainfall at Onoaida reaching 490.5 mm (19.31 inches) by 05:30 JST. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 Landslide Disaster Special Warning at 05:10 before replacing it with a Level 4 warning at 11:30, while authorities reported landslides, water outages affecting as many as 289 households, and large amounts of driftwood at Miyanoura Port.
Severe storms and flash flooding affected parts of Ohio on July 5 and 6, 2026, killing a 5-year-old boy in Monroe County and producing historic and potentially record-breaking rainfall on Kelleys Island. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado and a destructive macroburst in Mahoning County, where straight-line winds downed nearly 1 000 trees.
What initially looked like a discarded gallon jug in a roadside ditch turned out to be a record-breaking hailstone, now confirmed as the largest ever documented in Texas at roughly 18 cm (7.1 inches). It was discovered near Vigo Park in Swisher County by storm chaser Val Castor and his associates on June 2, 2024. They clicked several pictures of the hailstone alongside objects to provide a visual reference of size and submitted them to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS). The size of the hailstone was determined using photogrammetry and AI analysis along with the estimates from the storm chasers.
Juneau International Airport in Alaska recorded 511 cm (201.2 inches) of snowfall for the 2025/26 season through March 23, setting a new seasonal record for the airport. The total exceeds the previous airport record of 502.7 cm (197.9 inches) from 2006/07, while daily snowfall records were also set on March 22 and 23, and the March monthly total reached a record 175.8 cm (69.2 inches).
A historic March heat event affected the U.S. Southwest on March 19 and 20, 2026, setting a new March temperature record in Las Vegas, Nevada, and a new highest March temperature ever recorded in the United States near Martinez Lake, Arizona. Multiple daily and monthly records were also broken across parts of Nevada, California, and Arizona, while authorities in Phoenix closed some hiking trails because of heat risk.
A 15.2 cm (6 inches) wide hailstone was measured in Kankakee, Illinois, on March 10, 2026, after an intense supercell produced a corridor of giant hail across parts of northern Illinois, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Chicago. The agency said the stone may be considered for a new Illinois state record, but its status remains unofficial pending verification.
