Weather Records on 26 November 1926

151 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1926. Highest significance: Putbus, DE.

Key Facts for 26 November 1926

On 26 November 1926, 151 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 141 daily.
Putbus set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.3 mm (1.5 in) on 26 November 1926.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

151 stations

151 station records on 26 November 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

151 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 November 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 November 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

134 broken records

Margins by which the 134 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1926

Top 20 records on 26 November 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1926	Putbus, DE	monthly rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1926	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1926	Waren, DE	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Independence, US	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Menasha, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Potsdam, DE	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Cedar Rapids #1, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Menasha, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1926	Port Washington, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1926	Watertown Wwtp, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1926	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1926	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	31 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

1838 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1926. 1926 had 151 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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	115
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3