Weather Records on 17 December 1926

172 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1926. Highest significance: Woodford Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 1926

On 17 December 1926, 172 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 170 daily.
Woodford Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 17 December 1926.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

172 stations

172 station records on 17 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

172 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

152 broken records

Margins by which the 152 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1926

Top 20 records on 17 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1926	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Watertown, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1926	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Gympie, AU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Boonara, AU	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Kingston, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 December 1926	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	27 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 172 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	124
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1