Weather Records on 26 December 1985

1,102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1985. Highest significance: Scheveningen, NL.

Key Facts for 26 December 1985

On 26 December 1985, 1,102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 350 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,048 daily.
Scheveningen set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 26 December 1985.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

1,102 stations

1,102 station records on 26 December 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nijmegen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boxtel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gouda	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vleuten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zaltbommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osnabruck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Almen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nuland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Benschop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mill	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oosterbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Inland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Tainhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hildesheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dirksland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogerheide	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Jacoba Polder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brouwershaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harskamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Helvoet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steenbergen (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poortugaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tholen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geldermalsen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Ammers	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tiel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Andel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barendrecht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kootwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,102 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 212, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 170.

Records on 26 December 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	212
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	138
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	170

Records on 26 December 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 52, daily 1,048.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

892 broken records

Margins by which the 892 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1985

Top 20 records on 26 December 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1985	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1985	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1985	Roermond, NL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	102 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1985	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1985	Kleve, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Dupree, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Bergschenhoek, NL	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Boskoop, NL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Zegveld, NL	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Strijen, NL	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Virginia, BR	daily rain	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Oostvoorne, NL	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Delft, NL	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Borken In Westfalen, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Nijmegen, NL	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Boxtel, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	Gouda, NL	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1985	St Anthonis, NL	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1985. 1985 had 1,102 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 1985-12-26: 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	784
50 to 100	61
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1