Weather Records on 26 August 1943

682 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1943. Highest significance: Ambagarh Chowki, IN.

Key Facts for 26 August 1943

On 26 August 1943, 682 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
467 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 668 daily.
Ambagarh Chowki set a daily record precipitation of 178.1 mm (7.0 in) on 26 August 1943.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

682 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anupshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heath Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

682 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 247, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 220, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 181.

Records on 26 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	247
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	220
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1943

Top 20 records on 26 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1943	Ambagarh Chowki, IN	daily rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Aonla, IN	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Barsoe, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Sycamore, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Sarpsborg, NO	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Joliet, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Kulikuchi, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Mainpuri, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Mekliganj, IN	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Avanigadda, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1943	Charduar, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1943	Marengo, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1943	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1943	Greensboro, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1943	Aurora, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1943	Jetmore, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1943	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1943. 1943 had 682 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	502
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1