Weather Records on 26 July 1951

234 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1951. Highest significance: Parksville, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1951

On 26 July 1951, 234 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 230 daily.
Parksville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 156.5 mm (6.2 in) on 26 July 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

234 stations

234 station records on 26 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Warora	India	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

234 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 121.

Records on 26 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

181 broken records

Margins by which the 181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1951

Top 20 records on 26 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1951	Parksville, US	monthly rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1951	Warora, IN	daily rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Shirpur, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Hinganghat, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Amalner, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Mahim, IN	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Monticello, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Wardha, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Chimur, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Ghorajheri, IN	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Escanaba, US	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1951	Chopda, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1951	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1951	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1951	Kiolakaa 7, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1951	Chandrapur, IN	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 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

1795 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 had 234 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 1951-07-26: 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 20	151
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1