Weather Records on 26 April 1944

201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1944. Highest significance: Pesaro, IT.

Key Facts for 26 April 1944

On 26 April 1944, 201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 194 daily.
Pesaro set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 26 April 1944.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

201 stations

201 station records on 26 April 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gopiballabhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gazole	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
China Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

201 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 April 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 April 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

171 broken records

Margins by which the 171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1944

Top 20 records on 26 April 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1944	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1944	Loukahi, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Godda, IN	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Srirangpatnam, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Thomasville, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Shubuta, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Gopiballabhpur, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Highland Home, US	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Talladega, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Enterprise, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1944	Armagh, GB	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1944	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1944	Hiranpur, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1944	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1944	Uniontown, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1944	Khutauna, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1944	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	27 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 201 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	147
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1