Weather Records on 1 August 1926

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1926. Highest significance: Greensboro, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1926

On 1 August 1926, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 245 daily.
Greensboro set a daily record precipitation of 80.5 mm (3.2 in) on 1 August 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 1 August 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uriarra (Woodside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lambrigg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Neuarpur Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 115.

Records on 1 August 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1926

Top 20 records on 1 August 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1926	Greensboro, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Palestine, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Sidney 2 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Chatham 2, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Lake, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1926	Marengo, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1926	Westminster, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1926	Resaca, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1926	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1926	Valley Head, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1926	Anderson 1 N, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1926	Easton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1926	Watford, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	29 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1926. 1926 had 252 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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	161
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1