Weather Records on 26 April 1933

152 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1933. Highest significance: Anticosti Heath Point, CA.

Key Facts for 26 April 1933

On 26 April 1933, 152 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 151 daily.
Anticosti Heath Point set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 26 April 1933.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

152 stations

152 station records on 26 April 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

152 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 26 April 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 April 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

107 broken records

Margins by which the 107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1933

Top 20 records on 26 April 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1933	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1933	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1933	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1933	Mandya, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Bukkapatnam, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Tadpatri, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Yemmiganur, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Hvar, HR	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Atyrau, KZ	monthly high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Sewanee, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Battleford, CA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Brome, CA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1933	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	53 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

1794 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1933. 1933 had 152 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 50	102
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1