Weather Records on 21 April 1926

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1926. Highest significance: De Grey, AU.

Key Facts for 21 April 1926

On 21 April 1926, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 146 daily.
De Grey set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 21 April 1926.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 21 April 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 23.

Records on 21 April 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 April 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1926

Top 20 records on 21 April 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1926	De Grey, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1926	Condon, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1926	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Port Arthur, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Manitowoc, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Armour, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Green Bay, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Boerne, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Umea, SE	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Racine Wwtp, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1926	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	18 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 148 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	112
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1