Weather Records on 26 April 1948

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1948. Highest significance: Lacombe Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 26 April 1948

On 26 April 1948, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 276 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 694 daily.
Lacombe Cda set an all-time record daily snowfall of 53.6 cm (21.1 in) on 26 April 1948.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 26 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	53.6 cm (21.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamakhyanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 694.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1000.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1948

Top 20 records on 26 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1948	Lacombe Cda, CA	all-time snowfall	53.6 cm (21.1 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1948	Jennings, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Gleichen, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Wetaskiwin, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Karimnagar, IN	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Ames, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Macharla, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Panskura, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Saaifontein, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Markapur, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Abbeville, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Narsaraopet, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Mundagod, IN	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Wonderboom, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1948	Grand Marais, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1948	Omak 4 N, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1948	Srikakulam, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 712 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 200	571
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1