Weather Records on 26 August 1985

944 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1985. Highest significance: Voru, EE.

Key Facts for 26 August 1985

On 26 August 1985, 944 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 305 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 924 daily.
Voru set a daily record precipitation of 44.9 mm (1.8 in) on 26 August 1985.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

944 stations

944 station records on 26 August 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bruceton 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Duvan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bullengarook East (Seskinore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

944 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 163, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 263.

Records on 26 August 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	163
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1985 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1985

Top 20 records on 26 August 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1985	Voru, EE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1985	Woodcliff Lake, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1985	Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Stillmore, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Jerome, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Shepherds Flat, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Pueblo Nuevo, MX	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Perryville, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Windsor, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Chapala, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Mtn Park, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Tooele, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Bruceton 1 S, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Pomeroy, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Griggsville, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Lauriston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Inhambane, MZ	monthly rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Duvan, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1985	Mena, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1985. 1985 had 944 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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Data for records on 1985-08-26: 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 10	630
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1