Weather Records on 26 April 2022

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 April 2022. Highest significance: Woomera (Mahanewo), AU.

Key Facts for 26 April 2022

On 26 April 2022, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 738 daily.
Woomera (Mahanewo) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.0 mm (2.9 in) on 26 April 2022.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

760 stations

760 station records on 26 April 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 April 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	280.0 mm (11.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.8 mm (9.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Fort Grey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdown Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyungarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gvasjugi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paluma Ivy Cottage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rollingstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Butte 2ENE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rotherfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Datong	China	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Constantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Corner (Lindon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 26 April 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 April 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 April 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 738.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 April 2022

Top 20 records on 26 April 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 April 2022	Woomera (Mahanewo), AU	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 April 2022	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 April 2022	Cockburn, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	280.0 mm (11.0 in)	238.9 mm (9.4 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Gillespie, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	140 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Woomera Aerodrome, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Boolcoomatta, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Majors Creek, AU	daily rain	248.8 mm (9.8 in)	201.8 mm (7.9 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Townsville Aero, AU	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Saigo, JP	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 April 2022	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	59 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2022. 2022 had 760 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 100	632
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1