Weather Records on 17 April 1926

140 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1926. Highest significance: Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU.

Key Facts for 17 April 1926

On 17 April 1926, 140 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 138 daily.
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 17 April 1926.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

140 stations

140 station records on 17 April 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hornsby Junction (Thornleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

140 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 17 April 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 April 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 138.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

109 broken records

Margins by which the 109 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1926

Top 20 records on 17 April 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1926	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Tot-Ma, RU	daily low min	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Hornsby Junction (Thornleigh), AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	St George, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Mauzy, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Lucknow, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Kazan, RU	daily low min	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily low min	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Poretskoye, RU	daily low min	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Enisejsk, RU	daily high min	2.6 C (36.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Bonang, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Port Arthur, CA	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	19 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 April 1926	Willapa Harbor, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	17 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

1799 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1926. 1926 had 140 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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 10	105
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1