Weather Records on 26 April 2016

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 2016. Highest significance: Le Roy, US.

Key Facts for 26 April 2016

On 26 April 2016, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 777 daily.
Le Roy set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 26 April 2016.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 26 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kouvola Utti Lentoportintie	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Skurup_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kondut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bushong 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vomb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mallee Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herkimer	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hickerson Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Badgingarra Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lovestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nokaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edirne	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada 1 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffrey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karragullen North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 26 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 26 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 40, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 2016

Top 20 records on 26 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 2016	Le Roy, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	101 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2016	Bolgart, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2016	Aparan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2016	Kouvola Utti Lentoportintie, FI	monthly rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2016	Cowcowing, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Ystad, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Skurup_D, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Kondut, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Ejanding, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Farson 2NNE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Bushong 5 W, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Vomb, SE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Agate 3 E, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Trayning, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Mallee Vale, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Miling, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Herkimer, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Horton, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Haddam, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 April 2016	Doodarding Well, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	46 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 820 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	653
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1