Weather Records on 26 April 1968

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1968. Highest significance: Hobhouse 23, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 April 1968

On 26 April 1968, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 487 daily.
Hobhouse 23 set a daily record precipitation of 38.5 mm (1.5 in) on 26 April 1968.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 26 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Brug (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salopia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Erldunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moosonee Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iskanderkul'	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parafuso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dechanabad	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guzar	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tafjord	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haidarakan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jactial	India	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenvier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 26 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 26 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1968

Top 20 records on 26 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1968	Hobhouse 23, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Ponneri, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Lagoa da Canoa, BR	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Lynway, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	De Brug (Pol), ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Bloemfontein Kings Park, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Salopia, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Erldunda, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Moosonee Ua, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Laborare, ZA	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Grindstone Island, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Melur, IN	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Iskanderkul', TJ	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Cracow Store, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1968	Parafuso, BR	daily rain	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1968	Dechanabad, UZ	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1968	La Grange 1N, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 1968	Calliope Station, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 497 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	397
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1