Weather Records on 26 December 1959

974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1959. Highest significance: Victor Harbor Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1959

On 26 December 1959, 974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
522 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 931 daily.
Victor Harbor Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 26 December 1959.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

974 stations

974 station records on 26 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gawler Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jambin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Peters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

974 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 358, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 388, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 26 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	358
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	388
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 26 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 43, daily 931.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

809 broken records

Margins by which the 809 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1959

Top 20 records on 26 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1959	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1959	Branxholme, AU	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1959	Strathmore, AU	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1959	Virginia Sheedy Road, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Willunga, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Red Rvr, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Uraidla, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Masset Airport, CA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1959	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	46 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1959. 1959 had 974 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 1959-12-26: 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 50	779
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1