Weather Records on 26 July 1957

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1957. Highest significance: Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 26 July 1957

On 26 July 1957, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 335 daily.
Double Island Point Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 26 July 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

343 stations

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

Weather records on 26 July 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deolgaon Raja	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Obar	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montoya 10 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 154.

Records on 26 July 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1957

Top 20 records on 26 July 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1957	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1957	Deming, US	all-time rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Tiangua, BR	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Kattumavadi, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Anadyr, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Aruppukottai, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Safford, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Capitan, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Ft Wingate, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Ron, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Logan, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Rico, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Springfield, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Globe Rs, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1957	Diddillibah, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	35 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 343 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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Data for records on 1957-07-26: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 July 1957
Margin	Records
0 to 10	211
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1