Weather Records on 26 April 1979

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1979. Highest significance: Grayling, US.

Key Facts for 26 April 1979

On 26 April 1979, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
396 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 832 daily.
Grayling set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 26 April 1979.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

874 stations

874 station records on 26 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marrecas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Malhada Vermelha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Branchville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Otter Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 395, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	395
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 832.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

743 broken records

Margins by which the 743 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1549.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1979

Top 20 records on 26 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1979	Grayling, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1979	Dadeville, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1979	Marengo, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1979	Antioch, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1979	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Mt Holly 4 NE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Fessenden, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Barrage Angliers, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Kewanee 1E, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Pompano Beach, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Batesburg, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1979	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	47 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 874 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 200	742
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1