Weather Records on 26 July 2021

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 2021. Highest significance: Cuyamaca, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 2021

On 26 July 2021, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
686 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 898 daily.
Cuyamaca set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 26 July 2021.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 26 July 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzyl	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart Mtn Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jixi	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malad City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doyle California	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
China Lake Naf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bajkit	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlskrona-Soderstj.	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 322, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 364, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 26 July 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	322
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	364
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 2021 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 898.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

747 broken records

Margins by which the 747 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 2021

Top 20 records on 26 July 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 2021	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	119 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 July 2021	Alicante, ES	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2021	Tvingelshed, SE	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 July 2021	Dinghai, CN	daily rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	132.7 mm (5.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Mae Sot, TH	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	135 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Greer, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Poronajsk, RU	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Ruxton Park, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Albany, AU	daily high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Portola, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Conroe, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Morbylanga, SE	daily high min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Sundance, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Kyzyl, RU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Lidkoping, SE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Stewart Mtn Dam, US	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 2021	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92 years	41 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

1795 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2021. 2021 had 912 records.

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

Records on 07-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1820	1
1832	3
1834	1
1838	2
1843	4
1846	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	3
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1872	4
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1892	1
1895	4
1897	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	2
1904	20
1905	5
1906	9
1907	16
1908	9
1909	21
1910	11
1911	63
1912	24
1913	15
1914	28
1915	24
1916	64
1917	64
1918	88
1919	73
1920	87
1921	73
1922	94
1923	74
1924	98
1925	194
1926	119
1927	46
1928	219
1929	227
1930	678
1931	492
1932	134
1933	513
1934	516
1935	258
1936	1,266
1937	424
1938	269
1939	307
1940	707
1941	434
1942	236
1943	275
1944	457
1945	389
1946	458
1947	410
1948	342
1949	419
1950	618
1951	234
1952	418
1953	355
1954	393
1955	551
1956	353
1957	343
1958	311
1959	379
1960	391
1961	456
1962	947
1963	517
1964	344
1965	384
1966	418
1967	292
1968	340
1969	509
1970	385
1971	932
1972	679
1973	797
1974	465
1975	570
1976	801
1977	958
1978	505
1979	1,061
1980	591
1981	1,109
1982	558
1983	1,320
1984	1,001
1985	898
1986	813
1987	1,260
1988	932
1989	1,053
1990	936
1991	816
1992	648
1993	1,403
1994	1,252
1995	1,167
1996	1,104
1997	964
1998	1,312
1999	1,007
2000	1,287
2001	1,278
2002	773
2003	1,179
2004	1,534
2005	1,461
2006	1,454
2007	951
2008	809
2009	720
2010	1,465
2011	919
2012	885
2013	640
2014	726
2015	589
2016	666
2017	642
2018	921
2019	939
2020	653
2021	912
2022	894
2023	789
2024	758
2025	1,119
2026	1,272

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-07-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	728
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1