Weather Records on 26 December 1977

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1977. Highest significance: Hyde Park, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1977

On 26 December 1977, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 306 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 730 daily.
Hyde Park set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.1 mm (2.6 in) on 26 December 1977.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 26 December 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Burakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Minaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hakea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dalwallinu North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uricky	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
South Wales Emery Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	64.3 cm (25.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Storfors_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santana (Santana Do Brejo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xantippe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itapicuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Raimundo Nonato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murrindindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 198, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 26 December 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	198
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 26 December 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

641 broken records

Margins by which the 641 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 364.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1977

Top 20 records on 26 December 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1977	Hyde Park, AU	monthly rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Burakin, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Mount Magnet, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Austin Downs, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Buntine, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Minaru, AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Dalwallinu Comparison, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Hakea, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1977	Glenferrie, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Dalwallinu North, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Uricky, KZ	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Strawberry North, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Queimadas, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	South Wales Emery Park, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Valdez WSO, US	daily snowfall	64.3 cm (25.3 in)	36.4 cm (14.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Clyde Park, AU	monthly rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Poranga, BR	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1977	Deer Lake, CA	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1977. 1977 had 757 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 1977-12-26: 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	629
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1