Weather Records on 24 December 1926

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 December 1926. Highest significance: Kosciusko, US.

Key Facts for 24 December 1926

On 24 December 1926, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 120 daily.
Kosciusko set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 24 December 1926.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

126 stations

126 station records on 24 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 24 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 December 1926

Top 20 records on 24 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 December 1926	Kosciusko, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1926	Aberdeen, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1926	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1926	Vicksburg, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1926	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1926	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 December 1926	Robeline, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Florence, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Durango, US	monthly low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	State UNIV, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Amite, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily low min	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Marion, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Kristianstad, SE	daily low max	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Brookhaven City, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Dunmurray, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 December 1926	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	20 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 126 records.

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

Records on 12-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	2
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1852	1
1857	1
1864	2
1870	4
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1889	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1898	9
1899	1
1900	2
1901	9
1902	3
1903	5
1904	9
1905	7
1906	26
1907	12
1908	2
1909	68
1910	38
1911	13
1912	33
1913	29
1914	59
1915	51
1916	24
1917	25
1918	95
1919	200
1920	43
1921	142
1922	82
1923	118
1924	369
1925	100
1926	126
1927	81
1928	167
1929	237
1930	95
1931	1,045
1932	849
1933	478
1934	178
1935	225
1936	420
1937	202
1938	157
1939	178
1940	575
1941	589
1942	519
1943	637
1944	300
1945	546
1946	245
1947	370
1948	756
1949	220
1950	633
1951	525
1952	277
1953	512
1954	231
1955	1,334
1956	295
1957	469
1958	205
1959	339
1960	638
1961	415
1962	741
1963	1,191
1964	1,725
1965	766
1966	662
1967	663
1968	946
1969	865
1970	741
1971	543
1972	282
1973	641
1974	793
1975	695
1976	581
1977	952
1978	532
1979	1,100
1980	856
1981	770
1982	1,699
1983	5,032
1984	568
1985	685
1986	736
1987	1,329
1988	712
1989	2,589
1990	2,228
1991	663
1992	464
1993	577
1994	959
1995	1,285
1996	1,287
1997	1,152
1998	916
1999	1,134
2000	707
2001	744
2002	1,056
2003	779
2004	1,099
2005	1,158
2006	925
2007	533
2008	727
2009	1,663
2010	1,316
2011	504
2012	818
2013	866
2014	910
2015	2,438
2016	593
2017	510
2018	208
2019	565
2020	395
2021	1,012
2022	1,334
2023	1,347
2024	467
2025	2,206

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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 10	79
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1