Weather Records on 26 December 1934

267 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1934. Highest significance: San Antonio Nursery, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1934

On 26 December 1934, 267 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 260 daily.
San Antonio Nursery set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 26 December 1934.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

267 stations

267 station records on 26 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

267 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

210 broken records

Margins by which the 210 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 1934

Top 20 records on 26 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1934	San Antonio Nursery, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1934	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1934	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1934	Quatsino, CA	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1934	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1934	Macalister Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Sycamore, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Tangley, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Battleford, CA	daily low min	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Vicksburg, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	23 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1934. 1934 had 267 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	195
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1