Weather Records on 26 July 1971

932 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1971. Highest significance: Annean, AU.

Key Facts for 26 July 1971

On 26 July 1971, 932 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 534 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 904 daily.
Annean set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 26 July 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

932 stations

932 station records on 26 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicurus (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Volochanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Weld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Araquem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ustordynskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount James	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carter Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kabansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

932 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 295, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 239, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	295
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	239
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 15, daily 904.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

752 broken records

Margins by which the 752 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1971

Top 20 records on 26 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1971	Annean, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1971	Mileura, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1971	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1971	Menard, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Laverton, AU	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Bolshoe Goloustnoe, RU	all-time rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Giralia, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Guaicurus (Particular), BR	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Volochanka, RU	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Poretskoye, RU	all-time high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Bancroft, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Mount Weld, AU	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Araquem, BR	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Kazan, RU	all-time high max	37.9 C (100.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Ustordynskij, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1971	Kaycee, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	66 years	42 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1971. 1971 had 932 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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Data for records on 1971-07-26: 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 100	751
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1