Weather Records on 26 July 1969

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1969. Highest significance: Mt Ida 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1969

On 26 July 1969, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 498 daily.
Mt Ida 3 SE set a daily record precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 26 July 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 26 July 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Uniara (Aligarh)	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Story	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tataira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cibecue	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Novoalekseevka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	172.4 mm (6.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Palmito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flamengo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandara	India	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 July 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1969

Top 20 records on 26 July 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1969	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Kostroma, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Parshall, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Pine Ridge, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Uniara (Aligarh), IN	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Port Hastings, CA	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Jodhpur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Waldems-Reinborn, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Fatehabad, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	De Ruyter 4 N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Normandin Cda, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Story, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Tataira, BR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Lowville, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Cibecue, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1969	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	103 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

1795 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 509 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	370
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1