Weather Records on 26 August 1953

726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1953. Highest significance: Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 August 1953

On 26 August 1953, 726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 689 daily.
Botanic Gardens - Pmb set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 26 August 1953.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

726 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

726 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 280.

Records on 26 August 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

576 broken records

Margins by which the 576 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1953

Top 20 records on 26 August 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1953	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1953	Cookhouse (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1953	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1953	Fort Beaufort, ZA	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Norddal, NO	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Woodville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Tylden "Tulden", ZA	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Miami, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1953	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	61 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

1797 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 726 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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Data for records on 1953-08-26: 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	534
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1