Weather Records on 26 July 1973

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1973. Highest significance: Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU.

Key Facts for 26 July 1973

On 26 July 1973, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 785 daily.
Belair (State Flora Nursery) set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 26 July 1973.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 26 July 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Waite Institute)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Araripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Lookout A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibimirim (Jeritaco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Velame	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Sao Pedro (Manaca)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marcelino Vieira (Panatis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 510.

Records on 26 July 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	510
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1973

Top 20 records on 26 July 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1973	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1973	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Milha, BR	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Anadia, BR	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Malung, SE	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Adelaide (Waite Institute), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Senador Pompeu, BR	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Araripe, BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Itabatinga, BR	monthly rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Pacatuba (Pacatiba), BR	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Sioux Lookout A, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Cartersville #2, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Ontonagon, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Cookeville, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1973	Ibimirim (Jeritaco), BR	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 797 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1973-07-26: 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 20	630
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1