Weather Records on 26 August 2026

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 2026. Highest significance: Nemuro, JP.

Key Facts for 26 August 2026

On 26 August 2026, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
731 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 887 daily.
Nemuro set an all-time record daily precipitation of 326.0 mm (12.8 in) on 26 August 2026 (provisional).
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 26 August 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	326.0 mm (12.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	388.5 mm (15.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Agricultural Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morelia Mich.	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yokkaichi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	380.0 mm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Suttsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bungulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winton (Dalblair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla (Fern Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Linjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa Ver.	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phosphate Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kure Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	261.5 mm (10.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Choir	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 446, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 158.

Records on 26 August 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	446
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 2026 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 887.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

701 broken records

Margins by which the 701 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 299.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 2026

Top 20 records on 26 August 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 2026	Nemuro, JP	all-time rain (Provisional)	326.0 mm (12.8 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	33 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2026	Hamada, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2026	Abashiri, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	162.5 mm (6.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 August 2026	Akita, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	388.5 mm (15.3 in)	299.1 mm (11.8 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Orange Agricultural Institute, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Bosque del Apache, US	daily high min (Provisional)	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	113 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Attunga (the Pines), AU	daily rain (Provisional)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Morelia Mich., MX	daily high max (Provisional)	34.9 C (94.8 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Weabonga (Stoneleigh), AU	daily rain (Provisional)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Yokkaichi, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	380.0 mm (15.0 in)	294.4 mm (11.6 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Fort Huachuca, US	daily high min (Provisional)	25.7 C (78.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz, MX	daily low min (Provisional)	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Hillsboro, US	daily high min (Provisional)	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Nundle Post Office, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	133 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily high max (Provisional)	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain (Provisional)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Suttsu, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high max (Provisional)	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Ludlow, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 2026	Bungulla, AU	monthly rain (Provisional)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	43 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2026. 2026 had 906 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	694
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2