Weather Records on 26 July 1962

947 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1962. Highest significance: Lowestoft, GB.

Key Facts for 26 July 1962

On 26 July 1962, 947 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 582 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 924 daily.
Lowestoft set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 26 July 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

947 stations

947 station records on 26 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	186.6 mm (7.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narkatiyaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	274.0 mm (10.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rafiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naubatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	188.4 mm (7.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

947 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 283, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 299, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 26 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	283
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	299
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

745 broken records

Margins by which the 745 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1962

Top 20 records on 26 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1962	Lowestoft, GB	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1962	Saranac Lake, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1962	Panki, IN	daily rain	186.6 mm (7.3 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1962	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1962	Kanin Nos, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Heerde, NL	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Watertown, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Bergschenhoek, NL	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Grenada, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Albany, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Narkatiyaganj, IN	all-time rain	274.0 mm (10.8 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1962	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	44 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1962. 1962 had 947 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1962-07-26: 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 20	703
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2