Weather Records on 26 December 1981

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1981. Highest significance: Green Cape Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1981

On 26 December 1981, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 706 daily.
Green Cape Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 26 December 1981.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 26 December 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pedro Velho (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record daily precipitation	328.9 mm (12.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau	Germany	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arkona	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record snow depth	116.0 cm (45.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	170.1 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knittlingen	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario Ksrv	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaltennordheim	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oy-Mittelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.5 cm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olowalu 296.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 260.

Records on 26 December 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	260

Records on 26 December 1981 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 50, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 710.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1981

Top 20 records on 26 December 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1981	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1981	Naalehu 14, US	monthly rain	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	33 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1981	Pedro Velho (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1981	Pahala 21, US	monthly rain	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1981	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1981	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54, US	monthly rain	328.9 mm (12.9 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Kulani Camp 79, US	monthly rain	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Worms, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Mabel Downs, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Kronach, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau, DE	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Arkona, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Alzey, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Sonneberg-Neufang, DE	daily snow depth	116.0 cm (45.7 in)	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1981	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	47 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1981. 1981 had 761 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 1981-12-26: 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 100	577
100 to 200	45
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1