Weather Records on 19 August 2026

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 2026. Highest significance: Rucava, LV.

Key Facts for 19 August 2026

On 19 August 2026, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
555 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 734 daily.
Rucava set a daily record precipitation of 63.3 mm (2.5 in) on 19 August 2026 (provisional).
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

755 stations

755 station records on 19 August 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Osby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rautavaara Ala-Luosta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sapporo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	240.5 mm (9.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rautavaara Yla-Luosta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vaala Pelso	Finland	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maroochydore Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalajoki Pitkasenkyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utajarvi Sarkijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	43.7 C (110.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alsfeld-Eifa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsnasbruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 236, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 319, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 166.

Records on 19 August 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	236
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	319
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 2026 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 15, daily 734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

558 broken records

Margins by which the 558 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 2026

Top 20 records on 19 August 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 2026	Rucava, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Osby, SE	daily rain (Provisional)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Rautavaara Ala-Luosta, FI	daily rain (Provisional)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Klaipeda, LT	daily rain (Provisional)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Las Vegas Muni AP, US	daily rain (Provisional)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Birchip (Woodlands), AU	daily rain (Provisional)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Gallivare_A, SE	monthly rain (Provisional)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	123 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain (Provisional)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Clunes, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	116 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Tooma, EE	daily rain (Provisional)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Creswick, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Sapporo, JP	monthly rain (Provisional)	240.5 mm (9.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Rautavaara Yla-Luosta, FI	daily rain (Provisional)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Guadalajara, MX	daily high max (Provisional)	35.2 C (95.4 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily high max (Provisional)	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Vaala Pelso, FI	monthly rain (Provisional)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Aspendell, US	daily high max (Provisional)	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Skriveri, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Glennville 3NW, US	daily high max (Provisional)	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2026	Maroochydore Aero, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	43 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2026. 2026 had 755 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	508
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1