Weather Records on 26 July 1928

219 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1928. Highest significance: Waynesville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1928

On 26 July 1928, 219 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 208 daily.
Waynesville 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 26 July 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

219 stations

219 station records on 26 July 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
North Nicomen	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

219 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 88.

Records on 26 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 4, daily 208.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

169 broken records

Margins by which the 169 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1928

Top 20 records on 26 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1928	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1928	Euabolong (Brotherony), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1928	Spokane Intl AP, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1928	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Moscow U of I, US	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Sloan 3 S, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Rosalia, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Temple, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Ellensburg, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	0 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Weston 2 SE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Ashwood, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Iron River, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Dayville, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	The Dalles, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1928	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 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

1795 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 219 records.

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

Records on 07-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1820	1
1832	3
1834	1
1838	2
1843	4
1846	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	3
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1872	4
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1892	1
1895	4
1897	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	2
1904	20
1905	5
1906	9
1907	16
1908	9
1909	21
1910	11
1911	63
1912	24
1913	15
1914	28
1915	24
1916	64
1917	64
1918	88
1919	73
1920	87
1921	73
1922	94
1923	74
1924	98
1925	194
1926	119
1927	46
1928	219
1929	227
1930	678
1931	492
1932	134
1933	513
1934	516
1935	258
1936	1,266
1937	424
1938	269
1939	307
1940	707
1941	434
1942	236
1943	275
1944	457
1945	389
1946	458
1947	410
1948	342
1949	419
1950	618
1951	234
1952	418
1953	355
1954	393
1955	551
1956	353
1957	343
1958	311
1959	379
1960	391
1961	456
1962	947
1963	517
1964	344
1965	384
1966	418
1967	292
1968	340
1969	509
1970	385
1971	932
1972	679
1973	797
1974	465
1975	570
1976	801
1977	958
1978	505
1979	1,061
1980	591
1981	1,109
1982	558
1983	1,320
1984	1,001
1985	898
1986	813
1987	1,260
1988	932
1989	1,053
1990	936
1991	816
1992	648
1993	1,403
1994	1,252
1995	1,167
1996	1,104
1997	964
1998	1,312
1999	1,007
2000	1,287
2001	1,278
2002	773
2003	1,179
2004	1,534
2005	1,461
2006	1,454
2007	951
2008	809
2009	720
2010	1,465
2011	919
2012	885
2013	640
2014	726
2015	589
2016	666
2017	642
2018	921
2019	939
2020	653
2021	912
2022	894
2023	789
2024	758
2025	1,119
2026	1,272

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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	150
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1