Weather Records on 26 April 1929

158 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1929. Highest significance: Moose Factory, CA.

Key Facts for 26 April 1929

On 26 April 1929, 158 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 154 daily.
Moose Factory set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 26 April 1929.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

158 stations

158 station records on 26 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

158 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 154.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

131 broken records

Margins by which the 131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1929

Top 20 records on 26 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1929	Moose Factory, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1929	Saint John, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1929	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1929	Lardner (Brandie Braes), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1929	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Blackburn, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Yarra Junction (Gilderoy), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Galway, IE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Dromana, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Warragul, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Halifax, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Lake City 2 E, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Marshallville 6 S, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Cowes, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Carlisle, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1929	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily low max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	28 years	21 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 158 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	120
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1