Weather Records on 14 December 1926

206 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1926. Highest significance: Walgett (Dungalear), AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 1926

On 14 December 1926, 206 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 200 daily.
Walgett (Dungalear) set a daily record precipitation of 81.5 mm (3.2 in) on 14 December 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

206 stations

206 station records on 14 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

206 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 200.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1926

Top 20 records on 14 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1926	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	19.8 C (67.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Little Mtn, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Ladner, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Union Springs 9 S, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Covington, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Olga 2 SE, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Roros, NO	daily rain	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Lamar, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Swift Current, CA	daily low max	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1926	Irkutsk, RU	daily low max	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	31 years	18 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

1796 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1926. 1926 had 206 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	154
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1