Weather Records on 26 August 1941

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1941. Highest significance: Wyloo, AU.

Key Facts for 26 August 1941

On 26 August 1941, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 538 daily.
Wyloo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 26 August 1941.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

555 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coorara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 273.

Records on 26 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1941

Top 20 records on 26 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1941	Wyloo, AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Mardie, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Conconully, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Neosho Rapids, US	monthly rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Lakeside, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Rossland City Yard, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Emporia 1 S, US	monthly rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Lancaster 2 NW, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Holton, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Lebo, US	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Wandagee, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Arrah Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Manoharpur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Ottawa, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Appleton City, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Gaya, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1941	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1941. 1941 had 555 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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Data for records on 1941-08-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	377
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1