Home Years 1926 Weather Records in 1926: Year in Review 72,533 weather records were set or tied in 1926, including 22,201 temperature record highs and 22,648 record lows, and 23,437 of them still stand.
Data as of 2026-10-12 . Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).
Previous: 1925 Next: 1927 72,533 weather records were set or tied in 1926, including 22,201 record highs and 22,648 record lows of maximum and minimum temperature. 23,437 of the 72,533 records set in 1926 still stand (32.3%). April 1926 had the most records: 8,110. United States had the most records in 1926: 45,389, with 16,495 highs and 18,674 lows. 3,382 stations had a full year of temperature data in 1926, so counts differ between years partly because the number of reporting stations does. Record highs and record lows set or tied in 1926 Record highs 22,201 Record lows 22,648
Records set in 1926 that still stand or have since been beaten Still stand 23,437 (32.3%) Since beaten or tied 49,096 (67.7%)
A record stands until a later observation beats or ties it, as of 2026-10-12.
Records set or tied in 1926 by type Record daily precipitation 25,883 Record high minimum temperature 11,904 Record low minimum temperature 11,752 Record low maximum temperature 10,896 Record high maximum temperature 10,297 Record daily snowfall 1,181 Record snow depth 620
Records set or tied in 1926 by timescale Daily 69,867 Monthly 2,460 All-time 206
Records set or tied in each month of 1926 Weather records set or tied in each calendar month of 1926, all types together. 0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Weather records set or tied in each calendar month of 1926, all types together. Records set or tied in each month of 1926 Month Records Jan 4,629 Feb 3,731 Mar 6,515 Apr 8,110 May 6,358 Jun 6,072 Jul 7,303 Aug 5,570 Sep 7,152 Oct 5,357 Nov 6,403 Dec 5,333
Countries with the most records set or tied in 1926 Country Records Highs Lows United States 45,389 16,495 18,674 Australia 13,158 1,105 515 Canada 4,789 1,531 1,722 Germany 1,792 746 224 Russia 1,421 490 426 Sweden 1,280 405 382 Norway 961 5 11 South Africa 865 0 0 Algeria 709 402 227 Ukraine 316 136 76 Austria 262 202 53 United Kingdom 228 139 69 Tunisia 175 85 64 Denmark 151 77 25 Netherlands 108 0 0
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) ) Data as of 2026-10-12. Records are computed by this site and are not official. Counts depend on how many stations reported.