Weather Records on 26 July 1999

1,007 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1999. Highest significance: Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1999

On 26 July 1999, 1,007 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
475 were record highs and 288 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 981 daily.
Spooner Ag Rsch STN set a daily record precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 26 July 1999.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,007 stations

1,007 station records on 26 July 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Uchadzhy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minong 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kitadaito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hilok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brindisi	Italy	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erenhot	China	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzibalchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,007 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 202, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 July 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	202
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1999 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 17, daily 981.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

714 broken records

Margins by which the 714 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1999

Top 20 records on 26 July 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1999	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1999	Uchadzhy, TM	all-time rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	10 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1999	East London, ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1999	Black Lake, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1999	Hinckley, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Miyakonojo, JP	daily rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Minong 5 WSW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Jump Rvr 3E, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Kitadaito, JP	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Solon Springs, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Tula, MX	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Heber (Black Mesa) Rs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Yampa, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Glenferrie, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Hilok, RU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Ridgeland 1NNE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Pinetop 2E, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1999	Cotton, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	43 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 1,007 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 1999-07-26: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	677
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1