Weather Records on 26 December 1964

1,280 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1964. Highest significance: Brisbane Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1964

On 26 December 1964, 1,280 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
914 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,239 daily.
Brisbane Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 26 December 1964.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

1,280 stations

1,280 station records on 26 December 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karike	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Manan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhout(Siddavat)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,280 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 393, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 521, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 26 December 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	393
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	521
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 26 December 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 1,239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,104 broken records

Margins by which the 1,104 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1964

Top 20 records on 26 December 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1964	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1964	Little Mtn, US	monthly rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1964	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Bowenville, AU	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Karike, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Browning, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Saluda, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Soledad de Doblado, MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Forest Hill, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Brisbane Show Grounds, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Ephrata, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Americus, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Diablo Dam, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Bathurst, CA	monthly high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Grand Manan, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1964	Chestnut Hill, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	68 years	40 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1964. 1964 had 1,280 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 1964-12-26: 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 100	1,091
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1