Weather Records on 26 July 1972

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1972. Highest significance: Ravenna, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1972

On 26 July 1972, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 666 daily.
Ravenna set a daily record precipitation of 80.5 mm (3.2 in) on 26 July 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 26 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canna 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winside	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Latham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 191, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 327.

Records on 26 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	191
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1972

Top 20 records on 26 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1972	Ravenna, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1972	Moncton, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1972	Flahult, SE	all-time rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1972	Ulricehamn, SE	monthly rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1972	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1972	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Corning, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Osijek, HR	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Boras, SE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Mason City, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Canna 1, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Sackville, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	York, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Canna, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1972	Morawa, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	47 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 679 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 1972-07-26: 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 10	450
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1