Weather Records on 26 December 1942

916 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1942. Highest significance: Davenport L&D 15, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1942

On 26 December 1942, 916 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
440 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 881 daily.
Davenport L&D 15 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 26 December 1942.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

916 stations

916 station records on 26 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

916 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 414, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	414
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 881.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1942

Top 20 records on 26 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1942	Davenport L&D 15, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1942	Stockport, US	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Trenton, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Fayetteville, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Holton, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	St Joseph, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Anderson, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Hannibal, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Waukesha Wwtp, US	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	St Joseph Wbo, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Archer Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Kirksville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Yalta, UA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1942	Ft Smith, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1942. 1942 had 916 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 1942-12-26: 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	799
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1