Weather Records on 26 July 1943

275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1943. Highest significance: Rowlesburg 1, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1943

On 26 July 1943, 275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 268 daily.
Rowlesburg 1 set a daily record precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 26 July 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

275 stations

275 station records on 26 July 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	298.7 mm (11.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salepur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balandapara	India	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dharingbadi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

275 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 26 July 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1943 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 4, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

206 broken records

Margins by which the 206 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 181.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1943

Top 20 records on 26 July 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1943	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Hindol, IN	daily rain	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Khurda, IN	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Gop, IN	all-time rain	298.7 mm (11.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Phulbani, IN	daily rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Nayagarh, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Gandai, IN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Port Fairy Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Banki Bankigarh, IN	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Apollo Bay, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Asheville Pearson St, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Walhalla, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Greensboro Lock 7, US	all-time rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Salepur, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Banpur, IN	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Resaca, US	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Claysville 3 W, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1943	Narsingpur, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	34 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1943. 1943 had 275 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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Data for records on 1943-07-26: 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 25	181
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1