Weather Records on 26 December 1986

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1986. Highest significance: Serrana, BR.

Key Facts for 26 December 1986

On 26 December 1986, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 471 daily.
Serrana set an all-time record daily precipitation of 172.9 mm (6.8 in) on 26 December 1986.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 26 December 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	172.9 mm (6.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	190.3 mm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Klipkop-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clube de Regatas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Googa Googa Crk Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cravinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.6 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aiuruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Lourenco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Graciosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kareepoort (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Campo Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bento Quirino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Das Flores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turi	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taboas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santa Amelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herford	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Mandacaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Larissa	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Tuito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rio da Cidade	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Careacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 82.

Records on 26 December 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	82

Records on 26 December 1986 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

388 broken records

Margins by which the 388 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1986

Top 20 records on 26 December 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1986	Serrana, BR	all-time rain	172.9 mm (6.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1986	Jardinopolis, BR	all-time rain	190.3 mm (7.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Klipkop-Irr, ZA	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low min	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Clube de Regatas, BR	daily rain	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Nukinenda, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Baia Mare, RO	daily low min	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Bajramaly, TM	daily high max	20.7 C (69.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Googa Googa Crk Forest, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Cravinhos, BR	daily rain	110.1 mm (4.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	San Javier, MX	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Kulu Halt, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Altinopolis, BR	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Pontal, BR	all-time rain	175.6 mm (6.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Aiuruoca, BR	daily rain	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Everglades, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1986	Ribeirao Preto, BR	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	35 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1986. 1986 had 495 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 1986-12-26: 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	347
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2