Weather Records on 26 August 1968

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1968. Highest significance: Manihari, IN.

Key Facts for 26 August 1968

On 26 August 1968, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 365 daily.
Manihari set a daily record precipitation of 159.9 mm (6.3 in) on 26 August 1968.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 26 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manihari	India	Record daily precipitation	159.9 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Menier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ladania	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Rock Campbell Scientific	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seneca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	144.6 mm (5.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cibecue	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 26 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1968

Top 20 records on 26 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1968	Manihari, IN	daily rain	159.9 mm (6.3 in)	127.9 mm (5.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Penedo, BR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Happy Camp Rs, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Tuba City, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Manistee 3SE, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1968	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Hajipur, IN	daily rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Sibley, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Gleichen, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Port Menier, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 August 1968	Ladania, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1968. 1968 had 375 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	283
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1