Weather Records on 26 July 1966

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1966. Highest significance: Kaumana 88.1, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1966

On 26 July 1966, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 407 daily.
Kaumana 88.1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 334.8 mm (13.2 in) on 26 July 1966.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 26 July 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	334.8 mm (13.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotonosha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahi Lower 1054	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pjatigorsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	178.2 mm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	156.3 mm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Badarwah	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waimea 892	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 26 July 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1966 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1966

Top 20 records on 26 July 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1966	Kaumana 88.1, US	monthly rain	334.8 mm (13.2 in)	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1966	Ramtek, IN	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1966	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1966	Fullerton, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Hawarden, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Chapman, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Leola, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Enterprise, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Zolotonosha, UA	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Geneva, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Sotchi, RU	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1966	Lefroy, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1966. 1966 had 418 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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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	290
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1