Weather Records on 26 December 1956

541 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1956. Highest significance: Weimar, DE.

Key Facts for 26 December 1956

On 26 December 1956, 541 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
377 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 531 daily.
Weimar set a daily record snow depth of 13.0 cm (5.1 in) on 26 December 1956.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

541 stations

541 station records on 26 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itapipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido Church Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

541 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 26 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 26 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1956

Top 20 records on 26 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1956	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1956	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Itapipoca, BR	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily high min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Brejo Santo, BR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Pilao Arcado, BR	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Florisbad, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Altamura, ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Piripiri, BR	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1956	Emerson, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1956	Oakland, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1956	Mohall, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1956	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1956	Bull Harbour, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	31 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 541 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 1956-12-26: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	405
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1