Weather Records on 26 July 1959

379 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1959. Highest significance: Wills Pt, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1959

On 26 July 1959, 379 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 368 daily.
Wills Pt set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 26 July 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

379 stations

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

Weather records on 26 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pangree	India	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagaon Bhogaon	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirbyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

379 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 26 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1959

Top 20 records on 26 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1959	Wills Pt, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1959	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Hamelin Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Mehgaon, IN	daily rain	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Conroe, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Atyrau, KZ	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Tacaratu, BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Crockett, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Ningaloo, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Paisley, GB	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Kaunas, LT	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Kingsville, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Jefferson, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1959	Bhiwani, IN	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	38 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 379 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	242
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1