Weather Records on 26 August 2008

1,050 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2008. Highest significance: Valley Head, US.

Key Facts for 26 August 2008

On 26 August 2008, 1,050 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 413 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,006 daily.
Valley Head set a daily record precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 26 August 2008.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,050 stations

1,050 station records on 26 August 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Palmerdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Potosi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chietla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allatoona Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carefree	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Margaritas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,050 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 297, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 272.

Records on 26 August 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	297
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 44, daily 1,006.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

764 broken records

Margins by which the 764 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 174.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2008

Top 20 records on 26 August 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2008	Valley Head, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Canton, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	113 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Carthage, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	113 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Highland Home, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Sewanee, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Sand Mt Substn, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Vacoas (Mauritius), MU	monthly rain	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2008	Palmerdale, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Moulton 2, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Calera, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Highlands, US	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Aguila, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Mt Pleasant 1N, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Asheville, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Talladega, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	El Potosi, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Elizabethton, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2008	Boaz, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	50 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2008. 2008 had 1,050 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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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 25	701
25 to 50	47
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1