Weather Records on 26 August 1942

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1942. Highest significance: Addanki, IN.

Key Facts for 26 August 1942

On 26 August 1942, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 291 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 545 daily.
Addanki set a monthly record daily precipitation of 159.0 mm (6.3 in) on 26 August 1942.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

576 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhauli	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 220, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	220
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1942

Top 20 records on 26 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1942	Addanki, IN	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1942	Leech Lake, US	all-time rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1942	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Hallock, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Superior, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Kanuparthi, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Austin #2, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Aurora, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Sion, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Horton, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Venukonda, IN	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Ames 3 SW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Sidhauli, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Boone, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Gurjala(Gurujala), IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Webster City, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1942	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	33 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 576 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	401
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1