Weather Records on 26 August 2023

1,144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2023. Highest significance: Ljungby, SE.

Key Facts for 26 August 2023

On 26 August 2023, 1,144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
907 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,098 daily.
Ljungby set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 26 August 2023.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,144 stations

1,144 station records on 26 August 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Boise Air Terminal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Idre_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Al III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hanko Russaro	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefork #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Simea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hanko Tvarminne	Finland	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Muhldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baterod	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Asker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gjettum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bengtsfors_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clure Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grimeli I Krodsherad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gol - Stake	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,144 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 401, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 506, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 August 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	401
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	506
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 August 2023 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 31, daily 1,098.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

856 broken records

Margins by which the 856 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2023

Top 20 records on 26 August 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2023	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 August 2023	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	113 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	112 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Boise Air Terminal, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Hebron, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	120 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Orje, NO	all-time rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Boos, DE	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Idre_D, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Al III, NO	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2023	Hanko Russaro, FI	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Paris, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Vinga, SE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Lakefork #1, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Tunhovd, NO	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Simea, SE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2023	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	53 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2023. 2023 had 1,144 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 August 2023
Margin	Records
0 to 10	776
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	1