Weather Records on 26 April 1926

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1926. Highest significance: Hill End Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 April 1926

On 26 April 1926, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 317 daily.
Hill End Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 26 April 1926.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 26 April 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 26 April 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 April 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 317.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1926

Top 20 records on 26 April 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1926	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1926	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1926	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1926	Berkeley, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Toronto, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Werris Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Feodosiia, UA	daily high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Kissimmee, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Barkerville, CA	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Walwa, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1926	Stockton 2, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	28 years	24 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 333 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 10	259
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1