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October 26 in storm history

15 storms in the historical record were active on October 26 — 10 hurricanes, 6 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Melissa (2025), a Category 5 hurricane peaking at 165 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Melissa (2025) CAT 5 165 kt peak 10-21 → 11-01

Kristy (2024) CAT 5 140 kt peak 10-21 → 10-29

Epsilon (2020) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-16 → 10-26

Zeta (2020) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-24 → 10-30

Tammy (2023) CAT 2 95 kt peak 10-18 → 10-31

Vance (2026) CAT 2 95 kt peak 10-21 → 10-30

Wanda (2021) TS 60 kt peak 10-25 → 11-08

Sonia (2025) TS 45 kt peak 10-24 → 10-29

Olana (2026) TS 35 kt peak 10-25 → 10-27

2010s

Olaf (2015) CAT 4 130 kt peak 10-15 → 10-28

Seymour (2016) CAT 4 130 kt peak 10-22 → 10-30

Oscar (2018) CAT 2 95 kt peak 10-26 → 11-04

Pablo (2019) CAT 1 70 kt peak 10-23 → 10-29

Olga (2019) TS 45 kt peak 10-25 → 10-27

Selma (2017) TS 35 kt peak 10-26 → 10-28

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on October 26. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.