Weather Records on 26 December 1909

36 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1909. Highest significance: Beaufort West (Met), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 December 1909

On 26 December 1909, 36 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 33 daily.
Beaufort West (Met) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 26 December 1909.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

36 stations

36 station records on 26 December 1909 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1909: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

36 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1909 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 26 December 1909 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 December 1909 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 33.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

32 broken records

Margins by which the 32 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1909

Top 20 records on 26 December 1909 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1909	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1909	George Airport, ZA	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1909	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1909	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1909	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1909	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1909	Charlton, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Kallara, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1909	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 1909

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1909. 1909 had 36 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-26 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1806	2
1810	1
1824	1
1835	1
1839	1
1848	1
1852	4
1853	2
1868	1
1872	2
1875	1
1876	1
1881	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	3
1891	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	3
1899	10
1900	8
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	4
1905	3
1906	18
1907	12
1908	13
1909	36
1910	8
1911	48
1912	79
1913	47
1914	135
1915	62
1916	27
1917	41
1918	49
1919	53
1920	84
1921	123
1922	215
1923	302
1924	295
1925	151
1926	148
1927	104
1928	342
1929	190
1930	218
1931	289
1932	395
1933	658
1934	267
1935	659
1936	1,106
1937	170
1938	336
1939	347
1940	535
1941	436
1942	916
1943	344
1944	266
1945	295
1946	458
1947	508
1948	619
1949	310
1950	425
1951	330
1952	148
1953	215
1954	269
1955	668
1956	541
1957	676
1958	401
1959	974
1960	333
1961	352
1962	816
1963	321
1964	1,280
1965	443
1966	327
1967	545
1968	1,019
1969	850
1970	365
1971	1,116
1972	527
1973	717
1974	1,078
1975	1,010
1976	534
1977	757
1978	658
1979	369
1980	2,348
1981	761
1982	1,769
1983	3,763
1984	568
1985	1,102
1986	495
1987	2,414
1988	1,662
1989	733
1990	1,253
1991	679
1992	507
1993	822
1994	1,034
1995	1,426
1996	2,024
1997	1,101
1998	554
1999	1,057
2000	1,390
2001	642
2002	947
2003	730
2004	778
2005	976
2006	866
2007	674
2008	1,119
2009	1,580
2010	1,746
2011	1,019
2012	1,300
2013	480
2014	569
2015	2,352
2016	1,592
2017	719
2018	449
2019	830
2020	402
2021	1,205
2022	1,111
2023	1,127
2024	541
2025	1,661

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	22
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1