Weather Records on 26 December 1957

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1957. Highest significance: Berrybank, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1957

On 26 December 1957, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 668 daily.
Berrybank set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 26 December 1957.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

676 stations

676 station records on 26 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yambuk (Avalon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Bruno	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Island 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 491, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 26 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	491
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1957

Top 20 records on 26 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1957	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	The Hermatige, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Mortlake, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Belleville, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Yambuk (Avalon), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Whitemark, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Koroit, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	St Bruno, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Clearfield, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1957	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	44 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1957. 1957 had 676 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 1957-12-26: 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	546
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2