Weather Records on 26 December 1973

717 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1973. Highest significance: Greensboro, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1973

On 26 December 1973, 717 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 690 daily.
Greensboro set a daily record precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 26 December 1973.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

717 stations

717 station records on 26 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arley 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	153.5 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville UNIV of Tenn	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groenvlei (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montevallo	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

717 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 371, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 26 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 26 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 23, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1973

Top 20 records on 26 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1973	Greensboro, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1973	Highlands, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1973	Enterprise, US	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Brucefield, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Columbus 4 ESE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Schelm, ZA	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Floraville Downs Station, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Arley 1 S, US	all-time rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Albion, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Cordova 2 ENE, US	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Monteagle, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Monterey, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Garden City, US	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Melvin, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	River Falls, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Paulding, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1973	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	22 years	49 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1973. 1973 had 717 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 1973-12-26: 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	501
25 to 50	57
50 to 75	27
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	2