Weather Records on 26 December 1954

269 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1954. Highest significance: Potchefstroom;Braksp, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 December 1954

On 26 December 1954, 269 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 263 daily.
Potchefstroom;Braksp set a daily record precipitation of 74.0 mm (2.9 in) on 26 December 1954.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

269 stations

269 station records on 26 December 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-54.4 C (-65.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

269 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 December 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 December 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

220 broken records

Margins by which the 220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1954

Top 20 records on 26 December 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1954	Potchefstroom;Braksp, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1954	Chhaygaon, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1954	Vryburg, ZA	all-time rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1954	Nooitgedacht, ZA	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1954	Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1954	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Pine Bluffs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Grootfontein, NA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Vredefort (Skl), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Holy Cross, US	daily low min	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Leliefontein, ZA	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Detroit, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1954	Kokpekty, KZ	monthly low max	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	27 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1954. 1954 had 269 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	196
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2