Weather Records on 26 July 1942

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1942. Highest significance: Claremore 2 ENE, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1942

On 26 July 1942, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 228 daily.
Claremore 2 ENE set a daily record precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 26 July 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

236 stations

236 station records on 26 July 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angai	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Machilpur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayana Biana	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Govindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

198 broken records

Margins by which the 198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1942

Top 20 records on 26 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1942	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1942	Basoda, IN	daily rain	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1942	Mehkar, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1942	Tijara, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1942	Angai, IN	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1942	Vidisha, IN	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1942	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Newcastle, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Shikohabad, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Raiford State Prison, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Chachora, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Ankenes, NO	monthly rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Machilpur, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Bayana Biana, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Chhota Kosi, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Ephrata, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1942	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	26 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 236 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	165
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3