Weather Records on 26 December 1991

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1991. Highest significance: Kojaneerup, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 1991

On 26 December 1991, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 673 daily.
Kojaneerup set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 26 December 1991.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 26 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kojaneerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nunkeri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forsan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hinds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alto Uruguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornudas Svc STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Lucena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balbrogie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quetzala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lanquedoc	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Spring Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Passo Do Sarmento	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dona Francisca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tel Aviv Reading	Israel	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Linha Cescon	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.4 C (-46.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 436, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 26 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	436
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 26 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1991

Top 20 records on 26 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1991	Kojaneerup, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1991	Encinal, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1991	Bangalup, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1991	Falls City 7 WSW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Aldervale, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Hammon 3 SSW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Agartala, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Nunkeri, AU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Nixon, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Dimmitt, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Forsan, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Canyon, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Dillingham FAA AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Lake Hinds, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Alto Uruguai, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1991	Cornudas Svc STN, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1991. 1991 had 679 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1991-12-26: 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 20	542
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1