Weather Records on 26 August 1990

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1990. Highest significance: Yundamindra, AU.

Key Facts for 26 August 1990

On 26 August 1990, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
445 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 761 daily.
Yundamindra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 26 August 1990.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 26 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Suhaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ustordynskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lerik	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hilok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Okulovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vardo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kabansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mogzon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solnethnaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yerilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zamokta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hankinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Korong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forquilhinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 300, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 26 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	300
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 761.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1990

Top 20 records on 26 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1990	Yundamindra, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1990	Ulan-Ude, RU	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1990	Manley Hot Springs, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1990	Suhaja, RU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Menangina, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Ustordynskij, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Nenana Muni AP, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Lerik, AZ	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Hilok, RU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Wausaukee, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Homutovo, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Krasnyj Chikoj, RU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Ramos Arizpe (Smn), MX	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1990	Okulovka, RU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	0 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

1797 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1990. 1990 had 779 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	483
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1