Weather Records on 11 August 1926

140 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1926. Highest significance: Maristova, NO.

Key Facts for 11 August 1926

On 11 August 1926, 140 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 133 daily.
Maristova set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 11 August 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

140 stations

140 station records on 11 August 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

140 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 57.

Records on 11 August 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

98 broken records

Margins by which the 98 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1926

Top 20 records on 11 August 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1926	Maristova, NO	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1926	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1926	Husum, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1926	Oberlin, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1926	Beito, NO	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	N Loup, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Weldon, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Kingstree, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Rjukan, NO	all-time rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Varberg, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Americus, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Tunis, TN	daily low min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1926	Mason City, US	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 years	21 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 140 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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 5	61
5 to 10	16
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	6
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	2