Weather Records on 31 December 1926

77 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1926. Highest significance: Grantsburg, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 1926

On 31 December 1926, 77 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 76 daily.
Grantsburg set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 31 December 1926.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

77 stations

77 station records on 31 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

77 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 14, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	14
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 76.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

62 broken records

Margins by which the 62 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1926

Top 20 records on 31 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1926	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Lexington, US	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Astoria, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	The Dalles, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Caiwarro, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Hay River, CA	daily high max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Edmonton, CA	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Fort St James, CA	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Astana, KZ	daily high min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Andenes, NO	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Quesnel, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Edmonton, CA	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Chaplin, CA	daily high min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Tomsk, RU	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1926	Hawkwood Station, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	26 years	14 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

1797 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1926. 1926 had 77 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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 50	61
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1