Weather Records on 26 December 1969

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1969. Highest significance: Charlottesville 2W, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1969

On 26 December 1969, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 85 monthly and 758 daily.
Charlottesville 2W set a monthly record daily snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 26 December 1969.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 26 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.5 cm (18.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	65.5 cm (25.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Buchanan	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenham	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 260, Deepest snow cover 146.

Records on 26 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	260
Deepest snow cover	146

Records on 26 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 85, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 348.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1969

Top 20 records on 26 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1969	Charlottesville 2W, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.3 cm (8.8 in)	60 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1969	Ste Clothilde Cda, CA	all-time snowfall	47.5 cm (18.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1969	Sorel, CA	all-time snowfall	65.5 cm (25.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1969	Fall River, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1969	Brockton, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1969	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1969	Sherbrooke, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1969	Buchanan, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Roxbury, US	daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Columbia 2SSE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Farnham, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Wytheville, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Joliette, CA	all-time snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Hollisterville, US	daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	23.3 cm (9.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1969	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	53 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1969. 1969 had 850 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 1969-12-26: 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	539
50 to 100	96
100 to 150	52
150 to 200	30
200 to 250	13
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	2