Weather Records on 26 December 1921

123 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1921. Highest significance: Bulgandramine, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1921

On 26 December 1921, 123 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 112 daily.
Bulgandramine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 122.7 mm (4.8 in) on 26 December 1921.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

123 stations

123 station records on 26 December 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Springfield 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fernleigh (St.Helena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cowabie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goonal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgar Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wangamana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colinroobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boola Boolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quandary (Happy Corner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

123 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 115.

Records on 26 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 112.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

118 broken records

Margins by which the 118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1921

Top 20 records on 26 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1921	Bulgandramine, AU	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Forest Vale, AU	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Binya (Merribee), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Surat, AU	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Cobar (Springfield 2), AU	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Colane, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Fernleigh (St.Helena), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Yathong, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Cowabie, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Wollun, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1921	Blinkbonnie, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1921	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	34 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1921. 1921 had 123 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1921-12-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	84
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1