Weather Records on 26 August 2001

1,654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2001. Highest significance: Nelson, AU.

Key Facts for 26 August 2001

On 26 August 2001, 1,654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
976 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,614 daily.
Nelson set a daily record precipitation of 43.0 mm (1.7 in) on 26 August 2001.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,654 stations

1,654 station records on 26 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vuonatjviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora (Barunga North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rennick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Banyula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tantanoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Richmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parawa (Sharon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seliatyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Culemborg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Paamiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Capomal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alchichica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,654 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 562, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 414, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 527.

Records on 26 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	562
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	414
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	527
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 1,614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,322 broken records

Margins by which the 1,322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2001

Top 20 records on 26 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2001	Nelson, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2001	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2001	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	110 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2001	Wellington, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2001	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2001	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2001	Two Wells, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	110 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2001	Hallett (Lorraine), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Redhill, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Detour Village, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Arnett 3NE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Mount Gambier Aero, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Silverton, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Vuonatjviken, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Charlevoix, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Drik Drik, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Canadian, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2001	Gulnare, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	52 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2001. 2001 had 1,654 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 2001-08-26: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,266
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1