Weather Records on 26 July 1960

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1960. Highest significance: Big Rapids Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1960

On 26 July 1960, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 379 daily.
Big Rapids Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 26 July 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 26 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	312.6 mm (12.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	214.7 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pen	India	Record daily precipitation	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culicup Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	239.5 mm (9.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quixeramobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 207.

Records on 26 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 7, daily 379.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1960

Top 20 records on 26 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1960	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Uruque, BR	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Kipawa Laniel, CA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Kjusjur, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Niagara Falls, CA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Sorve, EE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Bulsar Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	312.6 mm (12.3 in)	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Roha, IN	daily rain	214.7 mm (8.5 in)	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Pen, IN	daily rain	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Detour Village, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Monmouth, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Paulding, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Sheboygan, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Thana, IN	daily rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Culicup Estate, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1960	Panvel, IN	daily rain	239.5 mm (9.4 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	36 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 391 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 1960-07-26: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	273
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1