Weather Records on 24 July 1926

186 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1926. Highest significance: Watervale, AU.

Key Facts for 24 July 1926

On 24 July 1926, 186 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 185 daily.
Watervale set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 24 July 1926.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

186 stations

186 station records on 24 July 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

186 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 24 July 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 185.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1926

Top 20 records on 24 July 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1926	Watervale, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1926	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1926	Melrose, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1926	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1926	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1926	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Boston City WSO, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Westernport, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Orje, NO	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	43.0 C (109.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Burlington, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Odesa, UA	daily low max	20.1 C (68.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1926	Manoora, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1926. 1926 had 186 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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 20	149
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1