Weather Records on 26 December 1926

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1926. Highest significance: Sulitjelma, NO.

Key Facts for 26 December 1926

On 26 December 1926, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 140 daily.
Sulitjelma set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 26 December 1926.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 26 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1926

Top 20 records on 26 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1926	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1926	Fountain Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1926	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1926	Namdalseid, NO	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1926	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1926	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Vineland, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Blackwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Fort Cunynghame (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Westernport, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Nairne, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	monthly rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Quakertown, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1926	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	24 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

1798 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1926. 1926 had 148 records.

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

Records on 12-26 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1806	2
1810	1
1824	1
1835	1
1839	1
1848	1
1852	4
1853	2
1868	1
1872	2
1875	1
1876	1
1881	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	3
1891	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	3
1899	10
1900	8
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	4
1905	3
1906	18
1907	12
1908	13
1909	36
1910	8
1911	48
1912	79
1913	47
1914	135
1915	62
1916	27
1917	41
1918	49
1919	53
1920	84
1921	123
1922	215
1923	302
1924	295
1925	151
1926	148
1927	104
1928	342
1929	190
1930	218
1931	289
1932	395
1933	658
1934	267
1935	659
1936	1,106
1937	170
1938	336
1939	347
1940	535
1941	436
1942	916
1943	344
1944	266
1945	295
1946	458
1947	508
1948	619
1949	310
1950	425
1951	330
1952	148
1953	215
1954	269
1955	668
1956	541
1957	676
1958	401
1959	974
1960	333
1961	352
1962	816
1963	321
1964	1,280
1965	443
1966	327
1967	545
1968	1,019
1969	850
1970	365
1971	1,116
1972	527
1973	717
1974	1,078
1975	1,010
1976	534
1977	757
1978	658
1979	369
1980	2,348
1981	761
1982	1,769
1983	3,763
1984	568
1985	1,102
1986	495
1987	2,414
1988	1,662
1989	733
1990	1,253
1991	679
1992	507
1993	822
1994	1,034
1995	1,426
1996	2,024
1997	1,101
1998	554
1999	1,057
2000	1,390
2001	642
2002	947
2003	730
2004	778
2005	976
2006	866
2007	674
2008	1,119
2009	1,580
2010	1,746
2011	1,019
2012	1,300
2013	480
2014	569
2015	2,352
2016	1,592
2017	719
2018	449
2019	830
2020	402
2021	1,205
2022	1,111
2023	1,127
2024	541
2025	1,661

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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	114
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1