Weather Records on 26 June 1953

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 June 1953. Highest significance: Zuerich/Fluntern, CH.

Key Facts for 26 June 1953

On 26 June 1953, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 326 daily.
Zuerich/Fluntern set a daily record precipitation of 68.2 mm (2.7 in) on 26 June 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 26 June 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 June 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louriya	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Naubatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jainagar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 26 June 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 26 June 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 June 1953 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 June 1953

Top 20 records on 26 June 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1953	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Spencer, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Darauli, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Khajauli, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Moran, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Louriya, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Bhimnagar, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Zamora, ES	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Khutauna, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Siwan, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Isleworth, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Kattumavadi, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Nandyal, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Southern Pines 2 W, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1953	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	27.4 C (81.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	27 years	35 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

1799 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1953. 1953 had 340 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-26 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	3
1814	1
1816	1
1824	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1838	1
1840	2
1843	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	3
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1869	1
1871	4
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	1
1900	3
1901	15
1902	19
1903	11
1904	22
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	10
1909	30
1910	27
1911	37
1912	27
1913	70
1914	55
1915	29
1916	124
1917	25
1918	68
1919	57
1920	24
1921	132
1922	84
1923	294
1924	45
1925	181
1926	273
1927	145
1928	449
1929	173
1930	220
1931	579
1932	198
1933	387
1934	635
1935	313
1936	562
1937	288
1938	395
1939	262
1940	574
1941	388
1942	500
1943	473
1944	502
1945	269
1946	376
1947	273
1948	343
1949	581
1950	524
1951	433
1952	1,274
1953	340
1954	539
1955	362
1956	406
1957	709
1958	989
1959	454
1960	410
1961	622
1962	352
1963	379
1964	323
1965	1,063
1966	380
1967	683
1968	1,268
1969	1,188
1970	916
1971	635
1972	581
1973	583
1974	1,535
1975	797
1976	726
1977	395
1978	860
1979	1,091
1980	1,285
1981	793
1982	792
1983	838
1984	572
1985	897
1986	933
1987	751
1988	1,267
1989	504
1990	818
1991	1,047
1992	958
1993	640
1994	1,177
1995	732
1996	922
1997	737
1998	1,205
1999	853
2000	725
2001	738
2002	760
2003	1,107
2004	1,040
2005	592
2006	1,104
2007	1,547
2008	541
2009	1,062
2010	1,041
2011	840
2012	1,076
2013	800
2014	584
2015	603
2016	546
2017	624
2018	432
2019	970
2020	459
2021	878
2022	825
2023	578
2024	765
2025	730
2026	935

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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	199
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2