Weather Records on 26 December 1944

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1944. Highest significance: Taos, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1944

On 26 December 1944, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 260 daily.
Taos set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 26 December 1944.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 26 December 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 26 December 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 26 December 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1944

Top 20 records on 26 December 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1944	Taos, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1944	Mountainair, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1944	Taos, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1944	Ibiapina, BR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Bisbee, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Jequie, BR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Hernando, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Plainview, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Bohemia Downs, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Uruque, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Magdeburg, DE	daily low max	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily low min	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Wisley, GB	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Santa Rosa, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1944	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1944. 1944 had 266 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 1944-12-26: 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	195
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1