Weather Records on 4 July 1926

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1926. Highest significance: Magdeburg, DE.

Key Facts for 4 July 1926

On 4 July 1926, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 130 daily.
Magdeburg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 82.4 mm (3.2 in) on 4 July 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 4 July 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenalea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 52.

Records on 4 July 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1926 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 5, daily 130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1926

Top 20 records on 4 July 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1926	Magdeburg, DE	all-time rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1926	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1926	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1926	Brocken, DE	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1926	Madison Sewage Plt, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1926	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1926	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Kenalea, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Metten, DE	monthly rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	St Albans, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Roermond, NL	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Durango, US	monthly low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Weissenburg, DE	monthly rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Uccle, BE	monthly rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Clarksville, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	Butlerville 2 WNW, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1926	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	45 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

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

1806 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1926. 1926 had 139 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 July 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	91
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3