Weather Records on 26 December 1929

190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1929. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 26 December 1929

On 26 December 1929, 190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 188 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 26 December 1929.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

190 stations

190 station records on 26 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Wirchilleba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balpool (Nyang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Mowalba Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.6 C (-44.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

190 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 26 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 26 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 188.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

151 broken records

Margins by which the 151 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1929

Top 20 records on 26 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1929	Genoa, IT	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1929	Paika, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1929	Burrabogie, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Nymagee (Wirchilleba), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Bealiba, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Milparinka (Yandama Downs), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Urana (Nowranie), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Noorong, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1929	Balpool (Nyang), AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 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

1798 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1929. 1929 had 190 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 10	123
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1