Weather Records on 26 August 1992

1,743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1992. Highest significance: Amite, US.

Key Facts for 26 August 1992

On 26 August 1992, 1,743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
354 were record highs and 1,022 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 139 monthly and 1,603 daily.
Amite set a monthly record daily precipitation of 190.0 mm (7.5 in) on 26 August 1992.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,743 stations

1,743 station records on 26 August 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pelahatchie	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canisteo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elberta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yongarloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,743 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 534, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 488, Heaviest daily rainfall 367.

Records on 26 August 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	534
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	488
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 139, daily 1,603.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,410 broken records

Margins by which the 1,410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1992

Top 20 records on 26 August 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1992	Amite, US	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1992	Houma, US	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1992	Pelahatchie, US	monthly rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1992	Weatherford, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Bowgada, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Goshen Springs 3 NW, US	monthly rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Canisteo 1 SW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Black Rock, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Elko Rgnl AP, US	monthly low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Mattoon, US	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	White Oak 2 N, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Franklinton 3 SW, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Taloga, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Carville 2 SW, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Snyder, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1992	Bayfield 6 N, US	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	50 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1992. 1992 had 1,743 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 1992-08-26: 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 20	1,363
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1