Weather Records on 26 August 1959

607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1959. Highest significance: Makrai, IN.

Key Facts for 26 August 1959

On 26 August 1959, 607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 600 daily.
Makrai set a daily record precipitation of 224.5 mm (8.8 in) on 26 August 1959.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

607 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	224.5 mm (8.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Yamba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanker	India	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taranagar (Reni)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

607 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 236.

Records on 26 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 4, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1959

Top 20 records on 26 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1959	Makrai, IN	daily rain	224.5 mm (8.8 in)	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Wanaaring (Yamba), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Harda, IN	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Naraingarh, IN	daily rain	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Tallyabra, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Durham, GB	all-time high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Kipawa Laniel, CA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Vadgaon (Maval), IN	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Goderich Township, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Alvin, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Sarnia, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Montreal River, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1959	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	83 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

1797 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1959. 1959 had 607 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	441
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1