Weather Records on 26 August 2021

527 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2021. Highest significance: Goldberg, DE.

Key Facts for 26 August 2021

On 26 August 2021, 527 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 522 daily.
Goldberg set a daily record precipitation of 30.9 mm (1.2 in) on 26 August 2021.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

527 stations

527 station records on 26 August 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Powderville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bete Bolong (Russells Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norman Manley Intl	Jamaica	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Terpenij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haliut	China	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ungsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garrett 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westhampton Gabreski AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ganzhou	China	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Genthin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Volborg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Onahama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dansville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maebashi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Veselaja Gorka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sigonella	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saran-Paul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

527 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 26 August 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2021

Top 20 records on 26 August 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2021	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Bonang, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Powderville 8 NNE, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Darjeeling, IN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	118 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Marlo, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Danville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Gross Lusewitz, DE	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Bete Bolong (Russells Estate), AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Norman Manley Intl, JM	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Mys Terpenij, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Helena 1 SSE, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Haliut, CN	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Turgaj, KZ	daily high min	21.4 C (70.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2021	Franklinville, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	121 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2021. 2021 had 527 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	362
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1