Weather Records on 26 December 1937

170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1937. Highest significance: Portland Rfc City, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1937

On 26 December 1937, 170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 169 daily.
Portland Rfc City set a daily record precipitation of 101.3 mm (4.0 in) on 26 December 1937.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

170 stations

170 station records on 26 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Andover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

170 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

143 broken records

Margins by which the 143 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1937

Top 20 records on 26 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1937	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1937	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1937	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1937	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1937	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1937	Centralia, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1937	Warracknabeal (Ailsa), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1937	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1937	Rossland City Yard, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Rossland City Yard, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	La Ctr, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Clayoquot, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1937	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	26 years	22 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1937. 1937 had 170 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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Data for records on 1937-12-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	133
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2