Weather Records on 26 July 2013

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 2013. Highest significance: Bordeaux-Merignac, FR.

Key Facts for 26 July 2013

On 26 July 2013, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 619 daily.
Bordeaux-Merignac set a daily record precipitation of 48.7 mm (1.9 in) on 26 July 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

640 stations

640 station records on 26 July 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freedom	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wister 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiva-Oa	French Polynesia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivdel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taksimo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashurst Hayden Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ransom 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchard 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Truth Or Consequences Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Flat Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 July 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 2013

Top 20 records on 26 July 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 2013	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 July 2013	Weatherford, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2013	Apache, US	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2013	Lawton, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2013	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2013	Anadarko 3 E, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2013	Detroit Dam, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2013	Nagold, DE	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Storrs, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	111 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Norwich Public Utility Plt, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Angleton 2 W, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Freedom, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Scott City, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Wister 3S, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Nantucket Mem AP, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Mutual, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2013	Hiva-Oa, PF	all-time low max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	14 years	45 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2013. 2013 had 640 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-07-26: 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	426
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1