Weather Records on 26 December 1952

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1952. Highest significance: Penola Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1952

On 26 December 1952, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 146 daily.
Penola Downs Station set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 26 December 1952.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 26 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	216.0 cm (85.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-52.5 C (-62.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	430.0 cm (169.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmorey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Moira Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Big Eddy	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
De Kroon (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
North Yancho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 26 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 26 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

115 broken records

Margins by which the 115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1952

Top 20 records on 26 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1952	Penola Downs Station, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1952	Alice Post Office, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1952	Cavan, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	216.0 cm (85.0 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Spearman, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Bundanoon Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Jakutsk, RU	daily low max	-52.5 C (-62.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Zugspitze, DE	daily snow depth	430.0 cm (169.3 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Mareeba Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	52 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Kilmorey, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Tottenham (Moira Vale), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Guyra Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Goodooga (Willawillingbah), AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Achinsk, RU	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1952	Sawar, IN	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1952. 1952 had 148 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 100	112
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1