Weather Records on 26 December 1960

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1960. Highest significance: Penola Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1960

On 26 December 1960, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 318 daily.
Penola Downs Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 142.2 mm (5.6 in) on 26 December 1960.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 26 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Balldale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narrawong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nonda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Royal Golf Club	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ewan Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 26 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 26 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1960

Top 20 records on 26 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1960	Penola Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1960	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1960	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	daily rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1960	Strathdarr, AU	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1960	Balldale Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Tangorin, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Alni, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Nongoma, ZA	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Julia Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Landsborough Downs, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Melrose, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Warrnambool Downs, AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Narrawong, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	The Valley, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Bladensburg, AU	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Mount Ryde, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Sutton Downs, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1960	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	45 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1960. 1960 had 333 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 1960-12-26: 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 25	207
25 to 50	52
50 to 75	19
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2