Weather Records on 26 August 1977

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1977. Highest significance: Indianola 1SW, US.

Key Facts for 26 August 1977

On 26 August 1977, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 745 daily.
Indianola 1SW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 226.1 mm (8.9 in) on 26 August 1977.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 26 August 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morozovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Svatove	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lozova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thunder Bay A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corrales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 181, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 August 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	181
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1977 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 745.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1977

Top 20 records on 26 August 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1977	Indianola 1SW, US	all-time rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 August 1977	Guna, IN	monthly rain	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1977	Batesburg, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1977	Natoma, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1977	Taipu, BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Preston Sugar Factory, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Magiscatzin (Smn), MX	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Morozovsk, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Covert, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Pyramid, US	monthly snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	129 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Halden, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Nenastnaja, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1977	Centerville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	42 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1977. 1977 had 763 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	576
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1