Weather Records on 17 August 1926

182 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1926. Highest significance: Windsor Riverside, CA.

Key Facts for 17 August 1926

On 17 August 1926, 182 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 176 daily.
Windsor Riverside set a monthly record daily precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 17 August 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

182 stations

182 station records on 17 August 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blandville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

182 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 83.

Records on 17 August 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 1926 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 176.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

138 broken records

Margins by which the 138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1926

Top 20 records on 17 August 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1926	Windsor Riverside, CA	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1926	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 1926	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Millerton, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Arthur City, US	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Newport, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Waynesville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Mt Angel, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	St Cloud State Clg, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Mexico, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	50 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Mena, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1926	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	26 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

1797 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1926. 1926 had 182 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

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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	103
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	6
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1