Weather Records on 26 August 2014

670 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2014. Highest significance: Enisejsk, RU.

Key Facts for 26 August 2014

On 26 August 2014, 670 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 654 daily.
Enisejsk set a daily record precipitation of 50.1 mm (2.0 in) on 26 August 2014.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

670 stations

670 station records on 26 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kosching	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rollands Plains (Greenac	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral (Parry Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrabattgulla (Gilston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montabaur	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Circle C)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Numeralla (Badja Composite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel (Cottesloe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Lower (Araluen Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Honavar	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berrima West (Medway (Wombat C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Straubing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Liebenzell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

670 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 26 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 654.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2014

Top 20 records on 26 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2014	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 August 2014	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2014	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2014	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2014	Bradshaw, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	111 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2014	Kirup, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	monthly rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Snowball, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Uccle, BE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	133 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, DE	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Kosching, DE	daily rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Upper Rollands Plains (Greenac, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Bowral (Parry Drive), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Renningen-Ihinger Hof, DE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Jerrabattgulla (Gilston), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Montabaur, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2014	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	112 years	47 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2014. 2014 had 670 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 20	510
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1