Weather Records on 23 December 1926

146 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1926. Highest significance: Logan 1 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1926

On 23 December 1926, 146 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 144 daily.
Logan 1 WNW set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 23 December 1926.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 548 records.

Record Map

146 stations

146 station records on 23 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

146 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

104 broken records

Margins by which the 104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1926

Top 20 records on 23 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1926	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1926	David City 4E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Bella Coola, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	David City 4E, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Denison, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Corning, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Ames 3 SW, US	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Paragonah, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Saentis, CH	daily low min	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Parker, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	Carroll, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	St Albans, CA	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 December 1926	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	21 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

1793 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 146 records.

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

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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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	98
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2