Weather Records on 26 July 1991

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1991. Highest significance: Basel Binningen, CH.

Key Facts for 26 July 1991

On 26 July 1991, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 402 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 803 daily.
Basel Binningen set an all-time record daily precipitation of 85.0 mm (3.3 in) on 26 July 1991.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 26 July 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Burras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cresson	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monclova (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yadkin College	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Concord 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rahway	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 223, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 179, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 26 July 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	223
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	179
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1991 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

594 broken records

Margins by which the 594 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1991

Top 20 records on 26 July 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1991	Basel Binningen, CH	all-time rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1991	Sanderson, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1991	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1991	Amity, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Carlsbad Caverns, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Appomattox, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Vologda, RU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Midland Odessa, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Huingo, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Sparta, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Jerecuaro, MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Lexington, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Kenton, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Spur, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Mexia, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Las Burras, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Socorro, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Longview, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1991	Calera, MX	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1991. 1991 had 816 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 1991-07-26: 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 10	513
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1