Weather Records on 26 August 1997

1,297 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1997. Highest significance: Tak, TH.

Key Facts for 26 August 1997

On 26 August 1997, 1,297 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
840 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,248 daily.
Tak set a monthly record daily precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 26 August 1997.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,297 stations

1,297 station records on 26 August 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tak	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Las Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eutin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bacau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brande-Hornerkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vatterode-Grafenstuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Cecil Fld NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda de Arriba	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kubbe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altomunster-Maisbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bjurholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,297 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 322, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 518, Lowest daily minimum 226, Heaviest daily rainfall 167.

Records on 26 August 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	322
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	518
Lowest daily minimum	226
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1997 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 41, daily 1,248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,013 broken records

Margins by which the 1,013 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1997

Top 20 records on 26 August 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1997	Tak, TH	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1997	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	119 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1997	Newport, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1997	Porto, PT	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Elgersburg, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Waltershausen, DE	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Cheesman, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Las Adjuntas, MX	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Eutin, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Bacau, RO	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Tillamook, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Vernal, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Waverly, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Astoria AP (Port of), US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1997	Espanola, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	46 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1997. 1997 had 1,297 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 1997-08-26: 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 10	950
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1