Weather Records on 26 August 1984

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1984. Highest significance: Ufa, RU.

Key Facts for 26 August 1984

On 26 August 1984, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 626 daily.
Ufa set a daily record precipitation of 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 26 August 1984.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 26 August 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pedro Leopoldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jose de Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Raevsky	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vespasiano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Piranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Resplendor-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melo Franco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jaboticatubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mineracao Morro Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Cajuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caixa de Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoa Grande (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaruna-Jusante (on?A)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wendelstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxelosund	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian del Oeste	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
London Locks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio da Cidade	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muyinga	Burundi	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perelyub	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 August 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 August 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

510 broken records

Margins by which the 510 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1984

Top 20 records on 26 August 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1984	Ufa, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1984	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1984	Pedro Leopoldo, BR	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Santa Barbara, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Jose de Melo, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Raevsky, RU	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Safford Ag Ctr, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Vespasiano, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Vanersborg, SE	monthly low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Piranga, BR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Ibirite, BR	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Resplendor-Jusante, BR	monthly rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Melo Franco, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Jaboticatubas, BR	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Mexia, US	monthly low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Mineracao Morro Velho, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Picayune, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Parnu, EE	daily low min	5.3 C (41.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1984	Carmo Do Cajuru, BR	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 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

1797 to 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1984. 1984 had 660 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 10	420
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1