Weather Records on 26 April 2014

562 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 2014. Highest significance: Melle, DE.

Key Facts for 26 April 2014

On 26 April 2014, 562 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 545 daily.
Melle set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 26 April 2014.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

562 stations

562 station records on 26 April 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pindar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sontra	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kolob	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Five Points Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cork	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Creek #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grainet-Rehberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dams	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lasal Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orlinga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarh	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Fap Guillermo Concha	Peru	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Obihiro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

562 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 April 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 April 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 2014

Top 20 records on 26 April 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 2014	Melle, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2014	Eureka, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2014	Pindar, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Sontra, DE	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Minderoo, AU	daily rain	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Mia Mia, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Hatch, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Richmond, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Grant Grove, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Kolob, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Warroora, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Five Points Lake, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Marble Hill, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2014	Augusta, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	89 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2014. 2014 had 562 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 20	470
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1