Weather Records on 26 December 1979

369 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1979. Highest significance: Eskdalemuir, GB.

Key Facts for 26 December 1979

On 26 December 1979, 369 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 361 daily.
Eskdalemuir set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 26 December 1979.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

369 stations

369 station records on 26 December 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iacri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowmead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eiland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narangba Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Boa Vista de Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ubobo Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bastos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Francisco da Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Resolution A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

369 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

316 broken records

Margins by which the 316 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1979

Top 20 records on 26 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1979	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Roldal, NO	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Baddeck, CA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Iacri, BR	monthly rain	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Thangoo, AU	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Lowmead Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Santa Cruz-Litoral, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Saguache, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Chardon, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Bakke, NO	daily rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Eiland, ZA	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Trafalgar Station, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Manassas 3 NW, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1979	Cavalinho, BR	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1979	Barkerville, CA	daily high max	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	80 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1979. 1979 had 369 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 1979-12-26: 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	282
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1