Weather Records on 26 April 1969

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1969. Highest significance: Forsyth 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 26 April 1969

On 26 April 1969, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 421 daily.
Forsyth 2 E set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 26 April 1969.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 26 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amidon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Do Mato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aquiraz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 26 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 26 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1969

Top 20 records on 26 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1969	Forsyth 2 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1969	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1969	Sundance, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Colstrip, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Kingman, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Lawrence, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Haxby 18 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Lustre 4 NNW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Lamoni, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Colstrip, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Lame Deer, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Miles City, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Forsyth 2 E, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Busby, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Lame Deer, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Amidon, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Sundance, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1969	Bedford, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	39 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 432 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 50	330
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1