Weather Records on 26 April 1919

105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1919. Highest significance: Melbourne Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 April 1919

On 26 April 1919, 105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 104 daily.
Melbourne Regional Office set a daily record high minimum temperature of 18.3 C (64.9 F) on 26 April 1919.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

105 stations

105 station records on 26 April 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

105 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Heaviest daily snowfall 17.

Records on 26 April 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 April 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

87 broken records

Margins by which the 87 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1919

Top 20 records on 26 April 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1919	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Milan, IT	daily low min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Oxford, GB	daily low max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Clontarf, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Cet Central England, GB	daily low max	5.9 C (42.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Welland, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Alton, CA	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	World Trade Ctr, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Stonecliffe, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Helmond, NL	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1919	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	34 years	20 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

1794 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1919. 1919 had 105 records.

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

Records on 04-26 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1802	1
1806	2
1812	2
1817	2
1829	1
1841	1
1844	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	4
1857	4
1862	4
1865	1
1866	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	5
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	7
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1899	7
1900	3
1901	4
1902	8
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	7
1907	28
1908	37
1909	68
1910	43
1911	27
1912	14
1913	92
1914	23
1915	81
1916	34
1917	22
1918	120
1919	105
1920	39
1921	109
1922	230
1923	115
1924	158
1925	186
1926	333
1927	139
1928	127
1929	158
1930	106
1931	386
1932	341
1933	152
1934	224
1935	225
1936	109
1937	403
1938	536
1939	320
1940	285
1941	229
1942	535
1943	315
1944	201
1945	519
1946	506
1947	354
1948	712
1949	366
1950	684
1951	346
1952	696
1953	386
1954	694
1955	755
1956	851
1957	410
1958	398
1959	426
1960	644
1961	453
1962	753
1963	546
1964	640
1965	589
1966	716
1967	913
1968	497
1969	432
1970	600
1971	872
1972	780
1973	712
1974	806
1975	933
1976	856
1977	800
1978	929
1979	874
1980	770
1981	1,030
1982	639
1983	1,396
1984	1,536
1985	938
1986	1,129
1987	1,239
1988	841
1989	1,542
1990	1,526
1991	863
1992	1,556
1993	986
1994	1,541
1995	810
1996	910
1997	1,482
1998	917
1999	660
2000	1,018
2001	1,107
2002	1,072
2003	875
2004	950
2005	672
2006	886
2007	1,042
2008	1,138
2009	1,536
2010	705
2011	1,209
2012	1,598
2013	674
2014	562
2015	625
2016	820
2017	669
2018	577
2019	669
2020	625
2021	489
2022	760
2023	567
2024	687
2025	735
2026	396

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	77
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1