Weather Records on 26 July 1955

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1955. Highest significance: Huntsville, CA.

Key Facts for 26 July 1955

On 26 July 1955, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 536 daily.
Huntsville set a daily record precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 26 July 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 26 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Athabasca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magnetawan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okanagan Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 206.

Records on 26 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1955

Top 20 records on 26 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1955	Huntsville, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Diamantina Lakes, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Springvale, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Cushman Dam, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Columbus, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Askaniia Nova, UA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Anacortes, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Armagh, GB	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Sialsuk, IN	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Cooch Behar, IN	daily rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Athabasca, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Magnetawan, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1955	Waurn Ponds, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1955	Okanagan Centre, CA	all-time rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1955	Panguitch, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1955	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1955	Bairgania, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1955	Steveston, CA	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	32 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 551 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	395
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1