Weather Records on 26 July 1950

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1950. Highest significance: Mitchell Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 July 1950

On 26 July 1950, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 596 daily.
Mitchell Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 26 July 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 26 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 398.

Records on 26 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	398
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1950

Top 20 records on 26 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1950	Mitchell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1950	Wilcannia (Mena Murtee), AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1950	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1950	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1950	Amby, AU	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1950	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1950	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1950	Kinchega, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Tilpa (Tongo Road), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Dunlop, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Arrilalah Telegraph Off, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Bindango, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Pueblo City Rsvr, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Lowan Hills, AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1950	Kallara, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	47 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

1795 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 618 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	472
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1