Weather Records on 26 December 1975

1,010 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1975. Highest significance: Comongin North, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1975

On 26 December 1975, 1,010 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 972 daily.
Comongin North set a monthly record daily precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 26 December 1975.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

1,010 stations

1,010 station records on 26 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rensjonaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kinalung (Munka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clutha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Langley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalrymple Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkadene (Murtho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ray Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baksjonaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Five Mile Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,010 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 522, Heaviest daily snowfall 148, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 26 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	522
Heaviest daily snowfall	148
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 26 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 35, daily 972.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

885 broken records

Margins by which the 885 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1975

Top 20 records on 26 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1975	Comongin North, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1975	Aramac Post Office, AU	monthly rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1975	Salamonia, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1975	Adavale Post Office, AU	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1975	Chester, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Orono, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Gumbardo, AU	all-time rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Beechal, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Rensjonaset, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Thylungra Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Kinalung (Munka), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Berne Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Fredericktown, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Clutha Station, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Norddal, NO	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Hughenden Station, AU	all-time rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Langley Downs, AU	daily rain	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1975	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1975. 1975 had 1,010 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 1975-12-26: 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	786
50 to 100	68
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1