Weather Records on 26 July 1976

801 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1976. Highest significance: Descanso Rs, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1976

On 26 July 1976, 801 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 390 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 785 daily.
Descanso Rs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 26 July 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

801 stations

801 station records on 26 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sortavala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garema	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nozovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elong Elong (Bendeela St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Major Gercino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goolma (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Coolah Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchheim/Teck-Otlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

801 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 285, Heaviest daily rainfall 339.

Records on 26 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	285
Heaviest daily rainfall	339
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1976

Top 20 records on 26 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1976	Descanso Rs, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1976	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1976	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Sortavala, RU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Baradine Forestry, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Garema, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Nozovka, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Rochelle 7ENE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Buffalo, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Saentis, CH	daily rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Didcot, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Elong Elong (Bendeela St), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Nicosia, CY	daily low max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Major Gercino, BR	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1976	Belfast, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	39 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1976. 1976 had 801 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 1976-07-26: 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 5	470
5 to 10	74
10 to 15	49
15 to 20	21
20 to 25	22
25 to 30	9
30 to 35	3
35 to 40	3