Weather Records on 26 December 1950

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1950. Highest significance: Beberu, IN.

Key Facts for 26 December 1950

On 26 December 1950, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 414 daily.
Beberu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 26 December 1950.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 26 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aardoorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girwan Naraini	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sihora Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 26 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 26 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1950

Top 20 records on 26 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1950	Beberu, IN	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1950	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo), BR	daily rain	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Middlekop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Esplanada, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Turtleford, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Hamelfontein, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Marengo, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Aurora Water, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1950	Aardoorns, ZA	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1950	Oregon Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1950	Landsdown, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1950	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1950	Hillside, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1950	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1950	Barrie, CA	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	30 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1950. 1950 had 425 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 20	287
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2