Weather Records on 26 April 1942

535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1942. Highest significance: Tiruvangadi, IN.

Key Facts for 26 April 1942

On 26 April 1942, 535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 504 daily.
Tiruvangadi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 256.5 mm (10.1 in) on 26 April 1942.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

535 stations

535 station records on 26 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taylors Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Fence 90 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbine	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

535 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 26 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1942

Top 20 records on 26 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1942	Tiruvangadi, IN	monthly rain	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1942	Nonning, AU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1942	Manantoddy, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Kuttiadi, IN	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Irikkur, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Prince, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Manjeri, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Milparinka (Yandama Downs), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Karimganj, IN	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Mangalore, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Koyah, IN	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Lowman, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Perinthalamanna, IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Clarendon, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Mayaguez City, PR	monthly low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Thirthahalli, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1942	Goderich, CA	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1942	Taylors Falls 1 NE, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1942	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1942	Cape Capricorn Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	31 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 535 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 25	402
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2