Weather Records on 26 August 2003

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2003. Highest significance: Santo Domingo, MX.

Key Facts for 26 August 2003

On 26 August 2003, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 786 daily.
Santo Domingo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 254.8 mm (10.0 in) on 26 August 2003.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 26 August 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Villa Constitucion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sacaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Cruces	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hemse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cadege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apazulco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Angostura	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	230.9 mm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Paamiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Njandoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jajome Alto	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Juanico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coronado Nmem	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Peon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Rosarito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 26 August 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 2003 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2003

Top 20 records on 26 August 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	all-time rain	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2003	Villa Constitucion, MX	all-time rain	183.9 mm (7.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2003	Sacaton, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Las Cruces, MX	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Hemse, SE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Carson City, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Richland Springs, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Mineral Wells AP, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Hanford 1 S, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Tucson WFO, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Yeneka, MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Los Banos, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Haleyville, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Spearfish, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Brazos, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Aguirre, PR	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Brunswick, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2003	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2003. 2003 had 815 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 2003-08-26: 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	528
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2