Weather Records on 26 August 1974

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1974. Highest significance: Roper River Police, AU.

Key Facts for 26 August 1974

On 26 August 1974, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 541 daily.
Roper River Police set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 26 August 1974.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

567 stations

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

Weather records on 26 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hausstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowmead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bybera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 389, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	389
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1974

Top 20 records on 26 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1974	Roper River Police, AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Greenvale, AU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Ivanhoe (Wokabity), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Chisos Basin, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1974	Sarina Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	monthly rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Bloomfield, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	monthly rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1974	Nutwood Downs, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 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

1797 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 567 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-26 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	2
1802	1
1807	3
1809	1
1810	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	2
1814	1
1816	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	2
1850	1
1851	1
1854	4
1855	2
1858	2
1859	1
1861	1
1864	4
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1879	1
1881	2
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	8
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	8
1901	21
1902	5
1903	16
1904	7
1905	9
1906	24
1907	7
1908	27
1909	27
1910	18
1911	17
1912	48
1913	20
1914	41
1915	20
1916	40
1917	44
1918	24
1919	106
1920	39
1921	41
1922	84
1923	83
1924	651
1925	107
1926	184
1927	287
1928	141
1929	116
1930	201
1931	183
1932	298
1933	330
1934	290
1935	327
1936	701
1937	417
1938	428
1939	310
1940	509
1941	555
1942	576
1943	682
1944	855
1945	456
1946	419
1947	458
1948	1,063
1949	506
1950	294
1951	276
1952	354
1953	726
1954	700
1955	611
1956	283
1957	566
1958	662
1959	607
1960	381
1961	503
1962	493
1963	526
1964	312
1965	553
1966	639
1967	569
1968	375
1969	599
1970	939
1971	515
1972	610
1973	633
1974	567
1975	581
1976	427
1977	763
1978	535
1979	1,098
1980	933
1981	916
1982	754
1983	1,144
1984	660
1985	944
1986	804
1987	1,576
1988	658
1989	949
1990	779
1991	883
1992	1,743
1993	1,063
1994	668
1995	1,085
1996	950
1997	1,297
1998	1,277
1999	1,023
2000	778
2001	1,654
2002	1,100
2003	815
2004	1,093
2005	878
2006	935
2007	1,039
2008	1,050
2009	654
2010	1,600
2011	1,374
2012	657
2013	807
2014	670
2015	990
2016	1,029
2017	527
2018	620
2019	858
2020	769
2021	527
2022	583
2023	1,144
2024	714
2025	1,344
2026	906

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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	424
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1