Weather Records by Country: Extremes, Ratios and Stations

181 countries with 42,764 long-record stations: records set in 2026, the ratio of record highs to lows and every station.

Key Facts

181 countries are covered, with 42,764 stations in all.
249,762 weather records were set or tied across these countries in 2026.
United States had the most records in 2026: 174,129.

Records Set in 2026, by Country

249,762 records

Weather records set or tied in 2026 by country
United States	174,129
Australia	17,942
Germany	9,742
Japan	7,185
Sweden	5,057
Spain	3,279
China	2,896
Mexico	2,886
Finland	2,261
France	2,153
India	2,080
Mongolia	2,063
Netherlands	1,918
United Kingdom	1,887
Norway	1,764
Kazakhstan	1,633
Russia	990
Puerto Rico [United States]	580
Korea, South	477
Philippines	468
Turkmenistan	451
Thailand	426
Kyrgyzstan	371
Uzbekistan	364
Vietnam	352
Latvia	320
Romania	317
Federated States of Micronesia	306
Tajikistan	293
Ukraine	282
Greenland [Denmark]	268
French Polynesia	257
Switzerland	241
Estonia	237
Turkey	209
Belarus	202
Czech Republic	196
Marshall Islands	177
Poland	161
Korea, North	148
Lithuania	148
Indonesia	135
South Africa	129
Austria	123
New Zealand	115
Algeria	109
Cayman Islands [United Kingdom]	109
Ireland	99
Hungary	98
Mauritius	95
Libya	94
Paraguay	89
Palau	86
Morocco	84
Burkina Faso	78
Portugal	77
Vanuatu	77
Niger	75
Oman	66
Sri Lanka	62
Bosnia and Herzegovina	58
Azerbaijan	55
Mozambique	54
Serbia	41
Syria	41
Egypt	40
Iceland	40
Montenegro	40
Benin	37
American Samoa [United States]	35
Israel	35
Luxembourg	33
Cote D'Ivoire	29
Saudi Arabia	29
Moldova	27
Macedonia	27
Italy	24
Belgium	23
Slovakia	23
Bulgaria	22
Croatia	21
Slovenia	21
Pakistan	20
Armenia	18
Cuba	18
Fiji	10
Iran	7
Botswana	6
Argentina	5
Brazil	5
Georgia	2
United Arab Emirates	0
Afghanistan	0
Antigua and Barbuda	0
Albania	0
Angola	0
Barbados	0
Bangladesh	0
Bahrain	0
Burundi	0
Bermuda [United Kingdom]	0
Brunei	0
Bolivia	0
Bahamas, The	0
Belize	0
Canada	0
Congo (Kinshasa)	0
Central African Republic	0
Congo (Brazzaville)	0
Chile	0
Cameroon	0
Colombia	0
Costa Rica	0
Cape Verde	0
Cyprus	0
Denmark	0
Dominican Republic	0
Ecuador	0
Eritrea	0
Ethiopia	0
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) [United Kingdom]	0
Gabon	0
Ghana	0
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	0
Gambia, The	0
Guinea	0
Equatorial Guinea	0
Greece	0
Guinea-Bissau	0
Guyana	0
Honduras	0
Iraq	0
Jamaica	0
Jordan	0
Kenya	0
Cambodia	0
Kiribati	0
Kuwait	0
Laos	0
Lebanon	0
Liberia	0
Lesotho	0
Madagascar	0
Mali	0
Burma	0
Macau S.A.R	0
Mauritania	0
Malta	0
Maldives	0
Malawi	0
Malaysia	0
Namibia	0
New Caledonia [France]	0
Nigeria	0
Nicaragua	0
Nepal	0
Panama	0
Peru	0
Papua New Guinea	0
Qatar	0
Rwanda	0
Solomon Islands	0
Seychelles	0
Sudan	0
Singapore	0
Sierra Leone	0
Senegal	0
Suriname	0
El Salvador	0
Swaziland	0
Chad	0
Togo	0
Tunisia	0
Trinidad and Tobago	0
Tuvalu	0
Tanzania	0
Uganda	0
Uruguay	0
Venezuela	0
Zambia	0
Zimbabwe	0

Highest Significance Records

The 1,762 highest significance station records of 2026 across the covered countries, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Highest significance weather records in 2026, all countries: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	328.0 mm (12.9 in)	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	98 of 100 (Exceptional)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.4 mm (8.2 in)	94 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wattening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	279.0 mm (11.0 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Maizuru Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	436.0 mm (17.2 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	555.5 mm (21.9 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	147.7 mm (5.8 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	351.0 mm (13.8 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	272.5 mm (10.7 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	374.0 mm (14.7 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ulupalakua Rch 250	United States	Record daily precipitation	289.6 mm (11.4 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Otaru	Japan	Record daily precipitation	255.5 mm (10.1 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	494.5 mm (19.5 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	377.0 mm (14.8 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	460.0 mm (18.1 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	298.5 mm (11.8 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Zilani	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kure Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	379.5 mm (14.9 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.2 cm (18.2 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	361.5 mm (14.2 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	363.0 mm (14.3 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	413.0 mm (16.3 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	641.0 mm (25.2 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	137.3 mm (5.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	410.0 mm (16.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Fukuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	319.5 mm (12.6 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Spas-Demensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nulkwyne Kiamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yokkaichi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	435.0 mm (17.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	724.0 mm (28.5 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)

All Countries

Countries with record counts and stations
Country	Continent	Stations	Records 2026	Record highs	Record lows
United Arab Emirates	Asia	4	0	0	0
Afghanistan	Asia	3	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	North America	1	0	0	0
Albania	Europe	3	0	0	0
Armenia	Asia	48	18	15	3
Angola	Africa	4	0	0	0
Argentina	South America	82	5	5	0
American Samoa [United States]	Oceania	3	35	8	21
Austria	Europe	10	123	118	1
Australia	Oceania	10,036	17,942	7,061	1,999
Azerbaijan	Asia	55	55	51	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	2	58	6	52
Barbados	North America	1	0	0	0
Bangladesh	Asia	9	0	0	0
Belgium	Europe	1	23	23	0
Burkina Faso	Africa	13	78	50	28
Bulgaria	Europe	4	22	12	10
Bahrain	Asia	1	0	0	0
Burundi	Africa	2	0	0	0
Benin	Africa	9	37	28	9
Bermuda [United Kingdom]	North America	1	0	0	0
Brunei	Asia	1	0	0	0
Bolivia	South America	35	0	0	0
Brazil	South America	2,345	5	0	0
Bahamas, The	North America	2	0	0	0
Botswana	Africa	19	6	0	0
Belarus	Europe	50	202	140	40
Belize	North America	1	0	0	0
Canada	North America	2,655	0	0	0
Congo (Kinshasa)	Africa	10	0	0	0
Central African Republic	Africa	15	0	0	0
Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	15	0	0	0
Switzerland	Europe	9	241	217	2
Cote D'Ivoire	Africa	19	29	26	3
Chile	South America	20	0	0	0
Cameroon	Africa	4	0	0	0
China	Asia	218	2,896	2,155	453
Colombia	South America	27	0	0	0
Costa Rica	North America	4	0	0	0
Cuba	North America	5	18	10	8
Cape Verde	Africa	3	0	0	0
Cyprus	Asia	8	0	0	0
Czech Republic	Europe	12	196	156	18
Germany	Europe	754	9,742	8,113	485
Denmark	Europe	14	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	North America	4	0	0	0
Algeria	Africa	75	109	96	9
Ecuador	South America	4	0	0	0
Estonia	Europe	43	237	137	13
Egypt	Africa	18	40	29	11
Eritrea	Africa	3	0	0	0
Spain	Europe	117	3,279	2,836	91
Ethiopia	Africa	12	0	0	0
Finland	Europe	520	2,261	1,464	363
Fiji	Oceania	25	10	0	0
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) [United Kingdom]	South America	1	0	0	0
Federated States of Micronesia	Oceania	20	306	174	29
France	Europe	97	2,153	2,008	12
Gabon	Africa	17	0	0	0
United Kingdom	Europe	110	1,887	1,700	32
Georgia	Asia	81	2	0	0
Ghana	Africa	18	0	0	0
Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Europe	1	0	0	0
Greenland [Denmark]	North America	23	268	208	22
Gambia, The	Africa	1	0	0	0
Guinea	Africa	11	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	0	0	0
Greece	Europe	17	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	0	0	0
Guyana	South America	2	0	0	0
Honduras	North America	5	0	0	0
Croatia	Europe	14	21	19	0
Hungary	Europe	10	98	92	5
Indonesia	Asia	103	135	111	24
Ireland	Europe	13	99	82	1
Israel	Asia	9	35	31	2
India	Asia	2,503	2,080	1,813	256
Iraq	Asia	1	0	0	0
Iran	Asia	30	7	7	0
Iceland	Europe	8	40	30	2
Italy	Europe	52	24	20	1
Jamaica	North America	2	0	0	0
Jordan	Asia	5	0	0	0
Japan	Asia	168	7,185	5,369	251
Kenya	Africa	10	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	54	371	350	11
Cambodia	Asia	1	0	0	0
Kiribati	Oceania	3	0	0	0
Korea, North	Asia	7	148	135	13
Korea, South	Asia	12	477	428	16
Kuwait	Asia	5	0	0	0
Cayman Islands [United Kingdom]	North America	1	109	99	10
Kazakhstan	Asia	251	1,633	1,483	147
Laos	Asia	7	0	0	0
Lebanon	Asia	7	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	Asia	5	62	39	23
Liberia	Africa	1	0	0	0
Lesotho	Africa	4	0	0	0
Lithuania	Europe	20	148	46	14
Luxembourg	Europe	11	33	32	0
Latvia	Europe	26	320	33	10
Libya	Africa	24	94	74	20
Morocco	Africa	13	84	58	26
Moldova	Europe	16	27	10	9
Montenegro	Europe	3	40	36	4
Madagascar	Africa	24	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	Oceania	9	177	151	8
Macedonia	Europe	3	27	19	8
Mali	Africa	19	0	0	0
Burma	Asia	5	0	0	0
Mongolia	Asia	41	2,063	1,673	373
Macau S.A.R	Asia	1	0	0	0
Mauritania	Africa	19	0	0	0
Malta	Europe	1	0	0	0
Mauritius	Africa	5	95	91	4
Maldives	Asia	1	0	0	0
Malawi	Africa	18	0	0	0
Mexico	North America	3,166	2,886	1,812	755
Malaysia	Asia	15	0	0	0
Mozambique	Africa	17	54	45	8
Namibia	Africa	14	0	0	0
New Caledonia [France]	Oceania	3	0	0	0
Niger	Africa	17	75	67	7
Nigeria	Africa	9	0	0	0
Nicaragua	North America	2	0	0	0
Netherlands	Europe	360	1,918	879	35
Norway	Europe	390	1,764	926	185
Nepal	Asia	2	0	0	0
New Zealand	Oceania	14	115	98	12
Oman	Asia	12	66	59	7
Panama	North America	2	0	0	0
Peru	South America	25	0	0	0
French Polynesia	Oceania	8	257	174	66
Papua New Guinea	Oceania	3	0	0	0
Philippines	Asia	24	468	352	92
Pakistan	Asia	31	20	8	11
Poland	Europe	10	161	112	23
Puerto Rico [United States]	North America	86	580	447	52
Portugal	Europe	23	77	55	7
Palau	Oceania	3	86	73	4
Paraguay	South America	15	89	77	12
Qatar	Asia	1	0	0	0
Romania	Europe	30	317	171	42
Serbia	Europe	3	41	40	1
Russia	Europe	1,108	990	755	128
Rwanda	Africa	1	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	Asia	28	29	19	10
Solomon Islands	Oceania	3	0	0	0
Seychelles	Africa	1	0	0	0
Sudan	Africa	27	0	0	0
Sweden	Europe	1,036	5,057	2,382	961
Singapore	Asia	1	0	0	0
Slovenia	Europe	19	21	20	1
Slovakia	Europe	6	23	23	0
Sierra Leone	Africa	1	0	0	0
Senegal	Africa	13	0	0	0
Suriname	South America	1	0	0	0
El Salvador	North America	2	0	0	0
Syria	Asia	10	41	37	4
Swaziland	Africa	6	0	0	0
Chad	Africa	8	0	0	0
Togo	Africa	8	0	0	0
Thailand	Asia	46	426	344	43
Tajikistan	Asia	50	293	247	25
Turkmenistan	Asia	49	451	381	42
Tunisia	Africa	11	0	0	0
Turkey	Asia	40	209	134	29
Trinidad and Tobago	North America	1	0	0	0
Tuvalu	Oceania	2	0	0	0
Tanzania	Africa	13	0	0	0
Ukraine	Europe	195	282	180	71
Uganda	Africa	6	0	0	0
United States	North America	13,104	174,129	123,635	24,998
Uruguay	South America	52	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	Asia	65	364	319	28
Venezuela	South America	49	0	0	0
Vietnam	Asia	17	352	298	54
Vanuatu	Oceania	6	77	48	29
South Africa	Africa	1,156	129	41	26
Zambia	Africa	19	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	Africa	9	0	0	0

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).