Weather Records on 26 June 1916

124 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 June 1916. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 26 June 1916

On 26 June 1916, 124 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 120 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 26 June 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

124 stations

124 station records on 26 June 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 June 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Oxley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haddon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

124 records

Records set or tied on 26 June 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 116.

Records on 26 June 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 June 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

117 broken records

Margins by which the 117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 June 1916

Top 20 records on 26 June 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1916	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1916	Melrose, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1916	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1916	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1916	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1916	Dinby, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Gawler Council Depot, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Charlton, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	North Adelaide, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Nelgowrie, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Mount Oxley, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Orroroo (Black Rock), AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1916	Yudnapinna, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	20 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

1799 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1916. 1916 had 124 records.

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

Records on 06-26 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	3
1814	1
1816	1
1824	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1838	1
1840	2
1843	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	3
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1869	1
1871	4
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	1
1900	3
1901	15
1902	19
1903	11
1904	22
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	10
1909	30
1910	27
1911	37
1912	27
1913	70
1914	55
1915	29
1916	124
1917	25
1918	68
1919	57
1920	24
1921	132
1922	84
1923	294
1924	45
1925	181
1926	273
1927	145
1928	449
1929	173
1930	220
1931	579
1932	198
1933	387
1934	635
1935	313
1936	562
1937	288
1938	395
1939	262
1940	574
1941	388
1942	500
1943	473
1944	502
1945	269
1946	376
1947	273
1948	343
1949	581
1950	524
1951	433
1952	1,274
1953	340
1954	539
1955	362
1956	406
1957	709
1958	989
1959	454
1960	410
1961	622
1962	352
1963	379
1964	323
1965	1,063
1966	380
1967	683
1968	1,268
1969	1,188
1970	916
1971	635
1972	581
1973	583
1974	1,535
1975	797
1976	726
1977	395
1978	860
1979	1,091
1980	1,285
1981	793
1982	792
1983	838
1984	572
1985	897
1986	933
1987	751
1988	1,267
1989	504
1990	818
1991	1,047
1992	958
1993	640
1994	1,177
1995	732
1996	922
1997	737
1998	1,205
1999	853
2000	725
2001	738
2002	760
2003	1,107
2004	1,040
2005	592
2006	1,104
2007	1,547
2008	541
2009	1,062
2010	1,041
2011	840
2012	1,076
2013	800
2014	584
2015	603
2016	546
2017	624
2018	432
2019	970
2020	459
2021	878
2022	825
2023	578
2024	765
2025	730
2026	935

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Data for records on 1916-06-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 June 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	88
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1