Weather Records on 26 August 1936

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1936. Highest significance: Halaula 1110, US.

Key Facts for 26 August 1936

On 26 August 1936, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
520 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 696 daily.
Halaula 1110 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 26 August 1936.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 26 August 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mariahu	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Onda	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhenkanal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 310, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 26 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	310
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 696.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1936

Top 20 records on 26 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1936	Halaula 1110, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1936	Kealia 1112, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Victoria Valley, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Atraula, IN	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Butte, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Domeriaganj Sr, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Pontiac, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Mariahu, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1936	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1936	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1936	Rockford, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1936	Rushville, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1936	Palkot, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1936	Onda, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	29 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1936. 1936 had 701 records.

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

Records on 08-26 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	2
1802	1
1807	3
1809	1
1810	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	2
1814	1
1816	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	2
1850	1
1851	1
1854	4
1855	2
1858	2
1859	1
1861	1
1864	4
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1879	1
1881	2
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	8
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	8
1901	21
1902	5
1903	16
1904	7
1905	9
1906	24
1907	7
1908	27
1909	27
1910	18
1911	17
1912	48
1913	20
1914	41
1915	20
1916	40
1917	44
1918	24
1919	106
1920	39
1921	41
1922	84
1923	83
1924	651
1925	107
1926	184
1927	287
1928	141
1929	116
1930	201
1931	183
1932	298
1933	330
1934	290
1935	327
1936	701
1937	417
1938	428
1939	310
1940	509
1941	555
1942	576
1943	682
1944	855
1945	456
1946	419
1947	458
1948	1,063
1949	506
1950	294
1951	276
1952	354
1953	726
1954	700
1955	611
1956	283
1957	566
1958	662
1959	607
1960	381
1961	503
1962	493
1963	526
1964	312
1965	553
1966	639
1967	569
1968	375
1969	599
1970	939
1971	515
1972	610
1973	633
1974	567
1975	581
1976	427
1977	763
1978	535
1979	1,098
1980	933
1981	916
1982	754
1983	1,144
1984	660
1985	944
1986	804
1987	1,576
1988	658
1989	949
1990	779
1991	883
1992	1,743
1993	1,063
1994	668
1995	1,085
1996	950
1997	1,297
1998	1,277
1999	1,023
2000	778
2001	1,654
2002	1,100
2003	815
2004	1,093
2005	878
2006	935
2007	1,039
2008	1,050
2009	654
2010	1,600
2011	1,374
2012	657
2013	807
2014	670
2015	990
2016	1,029
2017	527
2018	620
2019	858
2020	769
2021	527
2022	583
2023	1,144
2024	714
2025	1,344
2026	906

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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	537
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1