Weather Records on 26 July 1934

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1934. Highest significance: Forbesganj, IN.

Key Facts for 26 July 1934

On 26 July 1934, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 496 daily.
Forbesganj set an all-time record daily precipitation of 342.9 mm (13.5 in) on 26 July 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 26 July 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	342.9 mm (13.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	261.4 mm (10.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	340.6 mm (13.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 26 July 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1934 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 10, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 205.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1934

Top 20 records on 26 July 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1934	Forbesganj, IN	all-time rain	342.9 mm (13.5 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Runge, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Mekliganj, IN	daily rain	261.4 mm (10.3 in)	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	San Marcos, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Yuma, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Ilkal, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Kalchini, IN	daily rain	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Philo 3 SW, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1934	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Khutauna, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Paterson, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Malakapuram, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Hajipur, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	New London, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1934	Boerne, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	30 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 516 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 50	365
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1