Weather Records on 26 June 1957

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 June 1957. Highest significance: Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 June 1957

On 26 June 1957, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 673 daily.
Oranjerivier (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 26 June 1957.
Across 162 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

709 stations

709 station records on 26 June 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 June 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Kroon (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaborone	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ludiksdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wargundy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 26 June 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 436.

Records on 26 June 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	436
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 June 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 June 1957

Top 20 records on 26 June 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1957	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1957	Greensburg, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Luckhoff (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Tevredenheid, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Wexford, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Kommissiepoort, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Perdeberg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Krielsfontein, ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Springfontein (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Trousdale 1 NE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Warrenton (Mun), ZA	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Waterland, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Lambertina, ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Trekpad, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1957	Tweefontein, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	46 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1957. 1957 had 709 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	407
10 to 20	115
20 to 30	65
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3