Weather Records on 21 December 1926

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1926. Highest significance: Malvern, US.

Key Facts for 21 December 1926

On 21 December 1926, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 171 daily.
Malvern set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 21 December 1926.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 21 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 171.

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 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1926

Top 20 records on 21 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1926	Malvern, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1926	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 1926	Carthage, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Jackson Exp STN, US	all-time rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Brinkley, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1926	Arthur City, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1926	Fulton, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1926	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1926	New Madrid, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1926	Johnsonville, US	monthly rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1926	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	29 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 178 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	119
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2