Weather Records on 26 June 1959

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 June 1959. Highest significance: Qu'appelle, CA.

Key Facts for 26 June 1959

On 26 June 1959, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 440 daily.
Qu'appelle set a daily record precipitation of 89.9 mm (3.5 in) on 26 June 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 26 June 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 June 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vesper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kowen Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lodge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 26 June 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 323.

Records on 26 June 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 June 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 June 1959

Top 20 records on 26 June 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1959	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1959	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1959	Blanco, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1959	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Fort Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Hubbard, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Llano, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Bindi, AU	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Garden Head, CA	all-time rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Boerne, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Fort Macleod, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Skovorodino, RU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Huntington, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1959	Tarago (Kildare), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	47 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1959. 1959 had 454 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 20	332
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1