Weather Records on 26 April 1953

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1953. Highest significance: Patu, BR.

Key Facts for 26 April 1953

On 26 April 1953, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 377 daily.
Patu set a daily record precipitation of 116.0 mm (4.6 in) on 26 April 1953.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 26 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rifton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgefield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 377.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1953

Top 20 records on 26 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1953	Patu, BR	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Rifton 1 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Hukeri, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Gordon, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Munising, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Freehold-Marlboro, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1953	Mocambo, BR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1953	Yerington, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1953	El-Golea, DZ	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1953	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1953	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1953	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1953	Ruel, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1953	Paterson, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	29 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 386 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 50	281
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1