Weather Records on 26 April 1971

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1971. Highest significance: Willaura (Yarram Park), AU.

Key Facts for 26 April 1971

On 26 April 1971, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 323 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 856 daily.
Willaura (Yarram Park) set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 26 April 1971.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 26 April 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harrow (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lonsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tahara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Callendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 189, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 407, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 26 April 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	189
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	407
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 26 April 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 856.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

757 broken records

Margins by which the 757 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1971

Top 20 records on 26 April 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1971	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Dergholm (Hillgrove), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Harrow (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Douglas, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1971	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1971	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1971	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1971	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1971	Moutajup, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1971	Normanville, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	55 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 872 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	714
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1