Weather Records on 26 December 1965

443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1965. Highest significance: McKinley Park, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1965

On 26 December 1965, 443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 429 daily.
McKinley Park set a daily record snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 26 December 1965.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

443 stations

443 station records on 26 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laurier	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lillhamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warm Springs Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Formoso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gretna (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hornby Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blue	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu (Camarazal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Rock Campbell Scientific	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atikokan Cli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

443 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 26 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 26 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 429.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 427.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1965

Top 20 records on 26 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1965	McKinley Park, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Waterville, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	McKinley Park, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Laurier, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Nenana Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Quanaminning, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Wonnaminta, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Saanich Dom Astro Obs, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Nanaimo, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Lillhamra, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Landsburg, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Deer Lake, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Deer Lake, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Saltspring Island, CA	monthly snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Shawnigan Lake, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Warfield, CA	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1965	Galway, IE	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	95 years	38 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1965. 1965 had 443 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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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	357
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1