Weather Records on 15 December 1926

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1926. Highest significance: Muckerawa, AU.

Key Facts for 15 December 1926

On 15 December 1926, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 221 daily.
Muckerawa set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 15 December 1926.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 15 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muckerawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1926

Top 20 records on 15 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1926	Muckerawa, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Quatsino, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Nebo, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Comet Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1926	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1926	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1926	Steveston, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1926	Goodooga (Brenda), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1926	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1926	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7 years	28 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 226 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	155
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2