Weather Records on 26 August 1960

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1960. Highest significance: Geisenheim, DE.

Key Facts for 26 August 1960

On 26 August 1960, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 366 daily.
Geisenheim set a daily record precipitation of 34.9 mm (1.4 in) on 26 August 1960.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

381 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mayhill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1960

Top 20 records on 26 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1960	Geisenheim, DE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	St Petersburg, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Atyrau, KZ	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Everett, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Oxford 1 E, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Jaunpur, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Fredonia, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Mulungu, BR	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Phulpur, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Siwan, IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Machhlisnahr, IN	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Trenton, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	30.7 C (87.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Kharagpur India Aab, IN	daily rain	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Kingman, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1960	Newton, US	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 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

1797 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1960. 1960 had 381 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	262
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1