Weather Records on 26 July 1979

1,061 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1979. Highest significance: Freeport 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1979

On 26 July 1979, 1,061 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
410 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,029 daily.
Freeport 2 NW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 424.7 mm (16.7 in) on 26 July 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,061 stations

1,061 station records on 26 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	424.7 mm (16.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	654.1 mm (25.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	364.7 mm (14.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Sarapu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bakuriani	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Asmara	Eritrea	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vicente de Carvalho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itapetininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cesario Lange	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Deer Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salto de Pirapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simanovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itupeva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Samtredia	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,061 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 328, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 489.

Records on 26 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	328
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	489
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 21, daily 1,029.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

846 broken records

Margins by which the 846 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 334.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1979

Top 20 records on 26 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1979	Freeport 2 NW, US	all-time rain	424.7 mm (16.7 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1979	Alvin, US	all-time rain	654.1 mm (25.8 in)	334.1 mm (13.2 in)	6 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1979	Gar, RU	all-time rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1979	Melville, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1979	Angleton 2 W, US	all-time rain	364.7 mm (14.4 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1979	1 WSW Princeton, US	monthly rain	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1979	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Elliston, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Whitestown, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Kemptville, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Mascota (Smn), MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Anahuac, US	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Bairro Do Sarapu, BR	monthly rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Matagorda #2, US	monthly rain	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Catemaco, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Bakuriani, GE	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	San Luis de la Paz, MX	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1979	Louisville Intl AP, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 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

1795 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 1,061 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 1979-07-26: 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 50	825
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1