Weather Records on 26 July 2005

1,461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 2005. Highest significance: Torrington Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 2005

On 26 July 2005, 1,461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
867 were record highs and 303 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,409 daily.
Torrington Exp Farm set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 26 July 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,461 stations

1,461 station records on 26 July 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alushta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galeana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomol'skoe	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Risinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bramon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lovewell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	461.0 mm (18.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,461 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 298, Lowest daily maximum 197, Highest daily minimum 569, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 291.

Records on 26 July 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	298
Lowest daily maximum	197
Highest daily minimum	569
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 2005 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 36, daily 1,409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,020 broken records

Margins by which the 1,020 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 2005

Top 20 records on 26 July 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 2005	Torrington Exp Farm, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2005	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2005	Hoxie, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2005	Chilton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2005	Western 2W, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2005	Alushta, UA	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Burlington Junction, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Haddam, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Wheatland 4N, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Chapala, MX	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Galeana (Dge), MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Komsomol'skoe, UA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Hebron, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Nikko, JP	daily rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Westby 3ENE, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Ft Wayne Intl AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Ploumanac'h, FR	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Risinge, SE	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2005	Bramon, SE	monthly rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	48 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 1,461 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 2005-07-26: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	955
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1