Weather Records on 26 April 1999

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 1999. Highest significance: Bucuresti Filaret, RO.

Key Facts for 26 April 1999

On 26 April 1999, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
344 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 633 daily.
Bucuresti Filaret set a daily record precipitation of 32.4 mm (1.3 in) on 26 April 1999.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 26 April 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmac Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grovespring 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flaming Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chichijima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	148.7 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rohwer 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zacapoaxtla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogalusa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hollow	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rome 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 26 April 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 26 April 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 633.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 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 1999

Top 20 records on 26 April 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 1999	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 April 1999	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Marshfield 4 WSW, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Kenmac Station, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Bristow, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Grovespring 1NE, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Nhill, AU	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Medio Monte, MX	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Santo Domingo, MX	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Columbus, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Pryor, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Pittsburg, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Florence, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Gaddede, SE	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 1999	Frankfort, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	38 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 660 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	471
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2