Weather Records on 26 December 1946

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1946. Highest significance: Langhorne Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1946

On 26 December 1946, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 444 daily.
Langhorne Creek set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 26 December 1946.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 26 December 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mypolonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stonefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawloit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Panaramitee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wynarka (Hooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie (Neathvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalind	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yalpunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woornack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda (Brownlow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Garrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 26 December 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 December 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1946

Top 20 records on 26 December 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1946	Langhorne Creek, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1946	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Meningie, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Sutherlands, AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Mypolonga, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Ashbourne, AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Palmer, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Stonefield, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Tailem Bend, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Whyalla (Norrie), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Keyneton, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Tailem Bend (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Charam, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1946	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1946. 1946 had 458 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1946-12-26: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 December 1946
Margin	Records
0 to 10	314
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2