Weather Records on 14 August 1926

182 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1926. Highest significance: Carroll, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1926

On 14 August 1926, 182 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 180 daily.
Carroll set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 14 August 1926.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

182 stations

182 station records on 14 August 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

182 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 46.

Records on 14 August 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 180.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1926

Top 20 records on 14 August 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1926	Carroll, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1926	Bulken, NO	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Paterson, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Arapaho, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Warren, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Moyston, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Chaplin, CA	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	17 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1926	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.6 C (79.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	9 years	19 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 182 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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 14 August 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	115
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1