Weather Records on 26 December 1972

527 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1972. Highest significance: Anacortes, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1972

On 26 December 1972, 527 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 522 daily.
Anacortes set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 26 December 1972.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

527 stations

527 station records on 26 December 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	246.1 mm (9.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wauna 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neah Bay 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.4 C (110.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raul Soares-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-33.7 C (-28.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.7 C (112.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lois River Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Abre Campo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Terra Roxa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stevensville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

527 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 December 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 December 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1972

Top 20 records on 26 December 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1972	Anacortes, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1972	Quinault Rs, US	monthly rain	246.1 mm (9.7 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Aberdeen 20NNE, US	daily rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Adelaide (Seaton), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Jaborandi, BR	daily rain	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Usina Do Chicao, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Packwood, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Wauna 3 W, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Bremerton, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Santa Gertrudis, MX	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Drain, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Neah Bay 1 E, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily high max	43.4 C (110.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Shelton, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1972	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1972. 1972 had 527 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 1972-12-26: 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 20	408
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2