Weather Records on 26 December 1933

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1933. Highest significance: Thalli, IN.

Key Facts for 26 December 1933

On 26 December 1933, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 280 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 637 daily.
Thalli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 26 December 1933.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 26 December 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Studley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 26 December 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 26 December 1933 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

551 broken records

Margins by which the 551 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

26 December 1933

Top 20 records on 26 December 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1933	Thalli, IN	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Laen, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	St Arnaud, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Gooty, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Bangarpet, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Fergana, UZ	monthly rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Hosur, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	St Joseph, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Magadi, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1933	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1933	Pialba Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	32 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1933. 1933 had 658 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 50	533
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1