Weather Records on 26 April 1940

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1940. Highest significance: Gokak, IN.

Key Facts for 26 April 1940

On 26 April 1940, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 282 daily.
Gokak set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 26 April 1940.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

285 stations

285 station records on 26 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Penticton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mulki	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lathrop San Joaquin Bd	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale Woodward Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baan Baa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Moriac	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1940

Top 20 records on 26 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1940	Gokak, IN	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1940	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1940	Dodballapur, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1940	Poona, IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1940	Rico, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1940	Santa Maria, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Deobhog, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Ambasamudram, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Narrandera (Back Brewarrena), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Bajramaly, TM	daily high min	21.3 C (70.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	W Pt, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Summerville 4W, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Penticton, CA	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Sidlaghatta, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Mulki, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Shirol, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Lathrop San Joaquin Bd, US	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1940	Tomsk, RU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	40 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 285 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	238
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2