Weather Records on 26 December 1987

2,414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1987. Highest significance: Sparkman, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1987

On 26 December 1987, 2,414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
856 were record highs and 599 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 2,317 daily.
Sparkman set an all-time record daily precipitation of 207.5 mm (8.2 in) on 26 December 1987.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 26 December 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carnasaw Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winston	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boxelder 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beitbridge	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Florida	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Curtin Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doomadgee Sharp Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,414 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 449, Lowest daily maximum 375, Highest daily minimum 407, Lowest daily minimum 224, Heaviest daily rainfall 642, Heaviest daily snowfall 170, Deepest snow cover 147.

Records on 26 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	449
Lowest daily maximum	375
Highest daily minimum	407
Lowest daily minimum	224
Heaviest daily rainfall	642
Heaviest daily snowfall	170
Deepest snow cover	147

Records on 26 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 86, daily 2,317.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,060 broken records

Margins by which the 2,060 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1987

Top 20 records on 26 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1987	Sparkman, US	all-time rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Madison, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Altus Irig Rsch STN, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Grenola 1 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Perryville Wtp, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1987	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Okay, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Waldron, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Bosque del Apache, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Boise City 2 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Prague 2W, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Gage AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Kelly Rch, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Taloga, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1987	Enterprise, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1987	O'Neill, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	20 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1987. 1987 had 2,414 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 1987-12-26: 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	1,870
50 to 100	132
100 to 150	34
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	2