Weather Records on 26 August 1955

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1955. Highest significance: Jaffirband, IN.

Key Facts for 26 August 1955

On 26 August 1955, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 593 daily.
Jaffirband set a daily record precipitation of 131.8 mm (5.2 in) on 26 August 1955.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

611 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hassanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 26 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 11, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1955

Top 20 records on 26 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1955	Jaffirband, IN	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Chatrapur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Wadena 3 S, US	all-time rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Tiruvur(Tiruvvru), IN	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Danbury, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Polavaram, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Milaca, US	all-time rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Medford, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Long Prairie, US	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Mora, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Hassanpur, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Pocahontas, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1955	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1955	Beaver City, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1955	Ruby 4 NW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 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

1797 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 611 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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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	467
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1