Weather Records on 26 April 1998

917 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1998. Highest significance: Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 26 April 1998

On 26 April 1998, 917 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 873 daily.
Sioux Ctr 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 26 April 1998.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

917 stations

917 station records on 26 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tokmak	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cabin Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Distillery Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howatharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rushy Lagoon (Cape Portland Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bracknell (Elizabeth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bessaker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagley (Fairbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

917 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 372, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 26 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	372
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 26 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 42, daily 873.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

745 broken records

Margins by which the 745 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 1998

Top 20 records on 26 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1998	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1998	Merino, AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1998	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1998	Tokmak, KG	all-time rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1998	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1998	Branxholme, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1998	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Elyria 3 E, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	monthly rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Wishek, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Comanche, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Gourdon, FR	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Cabin Creek, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Launceston (Distillery Creek), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1998	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	50 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 917 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	694
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1