Weather Records on 20 April 1926

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1926. Highest significance: Boerne, US.

Key Facts for 20 April 1926

On 20 April 1926, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 307 daily.
Boerne set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 20 April 1926.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 20 April 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 20 April 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 April 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1926

Top 20 records on 20 April 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1926	Boerne, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1926	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1926	Athens, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.9 C (80.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Welland, CA	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Bakke, NO	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Chatham, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Durango, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Rjukan, NO	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Parnu, EE	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Tartu, EE	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Battleford, CA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Oakbank, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Cape Norman, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1926	Sloan 3 S, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 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

1807 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1926. 1926 had 310 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	253
20 to 40	0
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1