Weather Records on 26 April 1934

224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1934. Highest significance: St Joseph, US.

Key Facts for 26 April 1934

On 26 April 1934, 224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 217 daily.
St Joseph set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 26 April 1934.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

224 stations

224 station records on 26 April 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Creek Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mifflintown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

224 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1934

Top 20 records on 26 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1934	St Joseph, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1934	Harvey Creek Railway STN, AU	daily rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1934	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1934	Jaffirband, IN	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1934	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily low max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Los Lunas, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Kamloops, CA	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Jaitanga Valley, IN	daily rain	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1934	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	8 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 224 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	173
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1