Weather Records on 26 July 1954

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1954. Highest significance: Lund, SE.

Key Facts for 26 July 1954

On 26 July 1954, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 365 daily.
Lund set a daily record precipitation of 33.7 mm (1.3 in) on 26 July 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 26 July 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karimganj Farm	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potkabari	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	185.2 mm (7.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seguin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakkireddipalam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	259.3 mm (10.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosera	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 26 July 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1954 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 18, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1954

Top 20 records on 26 July 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1954	Lund, SE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Puttur, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Pattikonda, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Ocala, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Tadpatri, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Karimganj Farm, IN	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Potkabari, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Punganur, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Malmo_2, SE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Hallettsville 2 N, US	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Madanapalli, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Sidlaghatta, IN	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Fort St James, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1954	Atmakur, IN	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	43 years	37 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 393 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	256
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1