Weather Records on 26 December 1988

1,662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1988. Highest significance: Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1988

On 26 December 1988, 1,662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
419 were record highs and 291 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 104 monthly and 1,550 daily.
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 26 December 1988.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,662 stations

1,662 station records on 26 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mott	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wasta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wagga Wagga Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Linton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grenora	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burcher Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Beauty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bogong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes 10 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stenstugu Forsoksgard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Berrillee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwagga (Devon Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Napperby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Buckalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,662 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 649, Heaviest daily snowfall 238, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 26 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	649
Heaviest daily snowfall	238
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 26 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 104, daily 1,550.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,410 broken records

Margins by which the 1,410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1988

Top 20 records on 26 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1988	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	all-time rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 December 1988	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 December 1988	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	79 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Garfield, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Eagle Butte, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Nariel Creek (Simpson), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Mott, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Silvan, AU	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Wasta, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Wagga Wagga Research Centre, AU	monthly rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Linton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1988	Hettinger, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1988. 1988 had 1,662 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 1988-12-26: 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	1,275
50 to 100	82
100 to 150	35
150 to 200	13
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2