Weather Records on 26 August 1921

41 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1921. Highest significance: Escanaba, US.

Key Facts for 26 August 1921

On 26 August 1921, 41 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 38 daily.
Escanaba set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 26 August 1921.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

41 stations

41 station records on 26 August 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

41 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 17.

Records on 26 August 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

33 broken records

Margins by which the 33 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1921

Top 20 records on 26 August 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1921	Escanaba, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1921	Green Bay, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1921	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1921	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Sfax El-Maou, TN	monthly low min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Jakutsk, RU	monthly low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Brinkley, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Jokkmokk, SE	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Fort National, DZ	daily low max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Constantine, DZ	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Escanaba, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	7 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	7 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1921	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	32 years	12 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1921. 1921 had 41 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	28
10 to 20	0
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2