Weather Records on 26 August 1912

48 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1912. Highest significance: Port Dover, CA.

Key Facts for 26 August 1912

On 26 August 1912, 48 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 48 daily.
Port Dover set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 26 August 1912.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

48 stations

48 station records on 26 August 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

48 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 25.

Records on 26 August 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1912

Top 20 records on 26 August 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1912	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1912	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1912	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Oxford, GB	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Brantford, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Halifax, CA	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Yarmouth, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	Umea, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1912	San Diego Wbo, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	14 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

1797 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1912. 1912 had 48 records.

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

Records on 08-26 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	2
1802	1
1807	3
1809	1
1810	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	2
1814	1
1816	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	2
1850	1
1851	1
1854	4
1855	2
1858	2
1859	1
1861	1
1864	4
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1879	1
1881	2
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	8
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	8
1901	21
1902	5
1903	16
1904	7
1905	9
1906	24
1907	7
1908	27
1909	27
1910	18
1911	17
1912	48
1913	20
1914	41
1915	20
1916	40
1917	44
1918	24
1919	106
1920	39
1921	41
1922	84
1923	83
1924	651
1925	107
1926	184
1927	287
1928	141
1929	116
1930	201
1931	183
1932	298
1933	330
1934	290
1935	327
1936	701
1937	417
1938	428
1939	310
1940	509
1941	555
1942	576
1943	682
1944	855
1945	456
1946	419
1947	458
1948	1,063
1949	506
1950	294
1951	276
1952	354
1953	726
1954	700
1955	611
1956	283
1957	566
1958	662
1959	607
1960	381
1961	503
1962	493
1963	526
1964	312
1965	553
1966	639
1967	569
1968	375
1969	599
1970	939
1971	515
1972	610
1973	633
1974	567
1975	581
1976	427
1977	763
1978	535
1979	1,098
1980	933
1981	916
1982	754
1983	1,144
1984	660
1985	944
1986	804
1987	1,576
1988	658
1989	949
1990	779
1991	883
1992	1,743
1993	1,063
1994	668
1995	1,085
1996	950
1997	1,297
1998	1,277
1999	1,023
2000	778
2001	1,654
2002	1,100
2003	815
2004	1,093
2005	878
2006	935
2007	1,039
2008	1,050
2009	654
2010	1,600
2011	1,374
2012	657
2013	807
2014	670
2015	990
2016	1,029
2017	527
2018	620
2019	858
2020	769
2021	527
2022	583
2023	1,144
2024	714
2025	1,344
2026	906

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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 August 1912
Margin	Records
0 to 10	30
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1