Weather Records on 26 July 1974

465 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1974. Highest significance: Junsele, SE.

Key Facts for 26 July 1974

On 26 July 1974, 465 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 457 daily.
Junsele set a daily record precipitation of 35.7 mm (1.4 in) on 26 July 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

465 stations

465 station records on 26 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rensjonaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kartaly	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selagoncy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hunt 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Marys College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	48.9 C (120.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

465 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 3, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1974

Top 20 records on 26 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1974	Junsele, SE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Sihccajavri, NO	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Aleksandrov Gaj, RU	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Skovorodino, RU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Forse, SE	all-time rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Stuttgart 9 ESE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Rensjonaset, SE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Kartaly, RU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	New London, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Aunet, NO	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Cressy Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Carlisle 1 SW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Selagoncy, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Marshall, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1974	Lexington, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	36 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 465 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 100	354
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1