Weather Records on 26 July 1941

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1941. Highest significance: Cedar Key 1 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1941

On 26 July 1941, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 424 daily.
Cedar Key 1 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 134.6 mm (5.3 in) on 26 July 1941.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 26 July 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
G. Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hardy Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centre Hall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 26 July 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1941 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 4, daily 424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1941

Top 20 records on 26 July 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1941	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Colby, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Greensburg, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Ulm, DE	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Princesa Isabel, BR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Coldwater, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Worland, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Angul, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	New Cumberland L/D, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Dindigul, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Digby, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Healy, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Austin #2, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Deerfield Dam, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	G. Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	all-time rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Big Timber, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1941	Kilanilai, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	32 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1941. 1941 had 434 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 20	317
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1