Weather Records on 26 July 1911

63 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1911. Highest significance: Jamestown, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 July 1911

On 26 July 1911, 63 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 61 daily.
Jamestown set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 26 July 1911.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

63 stations

63 station records on 26 July 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

63 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1911 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 14.

Records on 26 July 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	14
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 61.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1911

Top 20 records on 26 July 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1911	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1911	Riversdale, ZA	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1911	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	22.5 C (72.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Varberg, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	19.9 C (67.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	St John's, CA	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Milan, IT	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Galway, IE	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1911	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	15 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1911. 1911 had 63 records.

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

Records on 07-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1820	1
1832	3
1834	1
1838	2
1843	4
1846	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	3
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1872	4
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1892	1
1895	4
1897	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	2
1904	20
1905	5
1906	9
1907	16
1908	9
1909	21
1910	11
1911	63
1912	24
1913	15
1914	28
1915	24
1916	64
1917	64
1918	88
1919	73
1920	87
1921	73
1922	94
1923	74
1924	98
1925	194
1926	119
1927	46
1928	219
1929	227
1930	678
1931	492
1932	134
1933	513
1934	516
1935	258
1936	1,266
1937	424
1938	269
1939	307
1940	707
1941	434
1942	236
1943	275
1944	457
1945	389
1946	458
1947	410
1948	342
1949	419
1950	618
1951	234
1952	418
1953	355
1954	393
1955	551
1956	353
1957	343
1958	311
1959	379
1960	391
1961	456
1962	947
1963	517
1964	344
1965	384
1966	418
1967	292
1968	340
1969	509
1970	385
1971	932
1972	679
1973	797
1974	465
1975	570
1976	801
1977	958
1978	505
1979	1,061
1980	591
1981	1,109
1982	558
1983	1,320
1984	1,001
1985	898
1986	813
1987	1,260
1988	932
1989	1,053
1990	936
1991	816
1992	648
1993	1,403
1994	1,252
1995	1,167
1996	1,104
1997	964
1998	1,312
1999	1,007
2000	1,287
2001	1,278
2002	773
2003	1,179
2004	1,534
2005	1,461
2006	1,454
2007	951
2008	809
2009	720
2010	1,465
2011	919
2012	885
2013	640
2014	726
2015	589
2016	666
2017	642
2018	921
2019	939
2020	653
2021	912
2022	894
2023	789
2024	758
2025	1,119
2026	1,272

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 July 1911
Margin	Records
0 to 10	47
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1