Weather Records on 26 August 2002

1,100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2002. Highest significance: Izana, ES.

Key Facts for 26 August 2002

On 26 August 2002, 1,100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
606 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,068 daily.
Izana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.1 mm (1.8 in) on 26 August 2002.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,100 stations

1,100 station records on 26 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Goodar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lorentzweiler	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winona 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart/Echterdingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Talmoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brigooda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Capalaba Water Treat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teloloapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Severnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lillingstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Homburg/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tensleep 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuyura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Como	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mowbullan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calle Doscientos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,100 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 381, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 292.

Records on 26 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	381
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 1,068.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

841 broken records

Margins by which the 841 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2002

Top 20 records on 26 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2002	Izana, ES	monthly rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	79 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2002	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2002	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2002	Mundubbera, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2002	Goodar Station, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2002	Bourges, FR	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Lorentzweiler, LU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	107 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Bell Store, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Winona 5 E, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Warragai, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Stuttgart/Echterdingen, DE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Kaycee, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Talmoi, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Brigooda, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2002	Capalaba Water Treat, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2002. 2002 had 1,100 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 2002-08-26: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	780
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1