Weather Records on 8 July 1926

132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1926. Highest significance: Magdeburg, DE.

Key Facts for 8 July 1926

On 8 July 1926, 132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 127 daily.
Magdeburg set a daily record precipitation of 28.6 mm (1.1 in) on 8 July 1926.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

132 stations

132 station records on 8 July 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

132 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 8 July 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 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

8 July 1926

Top 20 records on 8 July 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1926	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1926	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1926	Helena Wb City, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Pokegama Dam, US	all-time rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Mantova, IT	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Beachport, AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Fillmore, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Oregon, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Port Arthur, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Kansas City, US	monthly rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Prince Albert, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Levan, US	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1926	Oakley, US	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	31 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 132 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 8 July 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	76
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2