Weather Records on 26 April 1945

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1945. Highest significance: Holyoke, US.

Key Facts for 26 April 1945

On 26 April 1945, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 496 daily.
Holyoke set a monthly record daily precipitation of 87.1 mm (3.4 in) on 26 April 1945.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 26 April 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmorey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anglia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bungeworgorai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 38.

Records on 26 April 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 April 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1945

Top 20 records on 26 April 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1945	Holyoke, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Camocim, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Vernon, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Williamstown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Disraeli, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Cavendish, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Reedy Creek Station, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Bindango, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Madowla, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Yallingup, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Orion, AU	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Kilmorey, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1945	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 519 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	388
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1