Weather Records on 26 August 1994

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1994. Highest significance: N'Guigni, NE.

Key Facts for 26 August 1994

On 26 August 1994, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 648 daily.
N'Guigni set an all-time record daily precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 26 August 1994.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

668 stations

668 station records on 26 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
N'Guigni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Stewart	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Odnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gonzalez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ask Pa Ringerike	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjorkelangen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fokstua	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soljanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hornell Almond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bushong 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 26 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1994

Top 20 records on 26 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1994	N'Guigni, NE	all-time rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1994	Stewart, US	all-time rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1994	Wymore, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1994	Ocotlan de Morelos, MX	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Uman, UA	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Ciudad Santos, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Yemassee 1 N, US	monthly low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Orje, NO	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Logansport, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Homer 1N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Bikaner, IN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Iasi, RO	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1994	Odnes, NO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1994. 1994 had 668 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 20	447
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1