Weather Records on 25 December 1926

182 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1926. Highest significance: Kosciusko, US.

Key Facts for 25 December 1926

On 25 December 1926, 182 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 177 daily.
Kosciusko set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 25 December 1926.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

182 stations

182 station records on 25 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fortescue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wollun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

182 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 25 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 25 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 177.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1926

Top 20 records on 25 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1926	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Alexandria, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Jackson 4 NW, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Pelee Island, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	State UNIV, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Fortescue, AU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Louisville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1926	Lake, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1926	Macon 2 NE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1926	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1926	Tumby Bay (Hillview), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1926	Tullahoma, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1926	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1926	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	30 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 182 records.

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

Records on 12-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1806	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1864	1
1870	2
1872	4
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1888	2
1889	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	13
1902	18
1903	6
1904	16
1905	2
1906	34
1907	5
1908	3
1909	53
1910	20
1911	26
1912	93
1913	45
1914	99
1915	69
1916	43
1917	46
1918	56
1919	299
1920	50
1921	91
1922	136
1923	233
1924	500
1925	70
1926	182
1927	94
1928	147
1929	195
1930	376
1931	603
1932	845
1933	507
1934	213
1935	540
1936	693
1937	158
1938	185
1939	295
1940	514
1941	461
1942	631
1943	310
1944	404
1945	838
1946	486
1947	651
1948	584
1949	161
1950	700
1951	432
1952	214
1953	259
1954	205
1955	880
1956	304
1957	633
1958	364
1959	624
1960	289
1961	484
1962	954
1963	669
1964	1,553
1965	547
1966	851
1967	486
1968	811
1969	643
1970	417
1971	974
1972	368
1973	639
1974	776
1975	844
1976	350
1977	778
1978	989
1979	679
1980	2,342
1981	811
1982	2,327
1983	5,697
1984	620
1985	712
1986	625
1987	2,053
1988	759
1989	1,118
1990	1,075
1991	793
1992	535
1993	680
1994	1,029
1995	1,658
1996	1,562
1997	1,348
1998	768
1999	995
2000	902
2001	515
2002	960
2003	561
2004	881
2005	913
2006	799
2007	498
2008	768
2009	2,123
2010	1,473
2011	688
2012	657
2013	779
2014	684
2015	2,149
2016	986
2017	485
2018	193
2019	599
2020	623
2021	1,190
2022	1,128
2023	1,641
2024	408
2025	2,222

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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 25	127
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1