Weather Records on 26 July 1987

1,260 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1987. Highest significance: Pitea, SE.

Key Facts for 26 July 1987

On 26 July 1987, 1,260 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
550 were record highs and 472 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,229 daily.
Pitea set a daily record precipitation of 26.0 mm (1.0 in) on 26 July 1987.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,260 stations

1,260 station records on 26 July 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Autlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huamuxtitlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toguchin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Equinunk 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bakchar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tjarnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphettville Raceco	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moskovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,260 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 285, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 238.

Records on 26 July 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	285
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1987 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 1,229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1987

Top 20 records on 26 July 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1987	Pitea, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	99 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Susquehanna, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Autlan, MX	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Juchitlan, MX	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Huamuxtitlan (Dge), MX	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Fremont, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Alcozauca (Smn), MX	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Arkville 2 W, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Freeville 1 NE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Elk Mtn, US	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Uccle, BE	daily low min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	143 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Arcade, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Smithville, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Marshall, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Toms River, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Quito, MX	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Minatitlan, MX	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1987	Toguchin, RU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1987. 1987 had 1,260 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 1987-07-26: 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 20	949
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1