Weather Records on 22 August 2026

992 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2026. Highest significance: Tooma, EE.

Key Facts for 22 August 2026

On 22 August 2026, 992 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
835 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 954 daily.
Tooma set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.5 mm (3.2 in) on 22 August 2026 (provisional).
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

992 stations

992 station records on 22 August 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Telchaj	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Zoseni	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Skriveri	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	146.7 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kuqa	China	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ainazi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	392.8 mm (15.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jelgava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rucava	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Skulte	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pavilosta	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rovaniemi Apukka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Fanif	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zilani	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bachu	China	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guanghua	China	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leba	Poland	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laukuva	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nida	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.5 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bialystok	Poland	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

992 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 331, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 504, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 22 August 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	331
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	504
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 2026 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 27, daily 954.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 197.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2026

Top 20 records on 22 August 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2026	Tooma, EE	monthly rain (Provisional)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Telchaj, LT	all-time rain (Provisional)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Zoseni, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Skriveri, LV	monthly rain (Provisional)	146.7 mm (5.8 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Kuqa, CN	all-time rain (Provisional)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Ainazi, EE	all-time rain (Provisional)	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Mokpo, KR	monthly rain (Provisional)	392.8 mm (15.5 in)	197.2 mm (7.8 in)	22 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Jelgava, LV	all-time rain (Provisional)	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2026	Rucava, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Skulte, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Pavilosta, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Rovaniemi Apukka, FI	daily rain (Provisional)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Boolardy, AU	daily rain (Provisional)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Riverton, US	monthly high min (Provisional)	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	N Fanif, FM	daily rain (Provisional)	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Lebanon, US	daily rain (Provisional)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	124 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Omu, JP	daily rain (Provisional)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Zilani, LV	daily rain (Provisional)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Ulleungdo, KR	monthly rain (Provisional)	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2026	Bachu, CN	daily rain (Provisional)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	47 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

1802 to 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2026. 2026 had 992 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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 25	716
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1