Weather Records on 26 August 1961

503 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1961. Highest significance: Veraval, IN.

Key Facts for 26 August 1961

On 26 August 1961, 503 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 498 daily.
Veraval set a daily record precipitation of 182.2 mm (7.2 in) on 26 August 1961.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

503 stations

503 station records on 26 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	182.2 mm (7.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bueyeros 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Radford 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anjar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

503 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 261.

Records on 26 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1961

Top 20 records on 26 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1961	Veraval, IN	daily rain	182.2 mm (7.2 in)	140.3 mm (5.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Exeter, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	White River, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Addison, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Stewart, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Bic, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Audley National Park Bottom St, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Notre Dame du Laus, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Grafton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Nelligen (Thule Road), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Geneva, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1961	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	41 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 503 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	337
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1