Weather Records on 26 December 1992

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1992. Highest significance: Winton Pwr Plt, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1992

On 26 December 1992, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 498 daily.
Winton Pwr Plt set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 26 December 1992.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 26 December 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poza Rica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caneyville 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.1 cm (15.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barbers Point NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullion Creek (Mullion Range F	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aratichanguio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Slana	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waimea 947	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 61 Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elat	Israel	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paredes	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shepaug Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cobb	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 26 December 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 26 December 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 223.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1992

Top 20 records on 26 December 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1992	Winton Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1992	Waiawa 943, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1992	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Tecolutla, MX	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Lihue WSO AP 1020.1, US	daily rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Caruthersville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Beaver Is, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Nakhon Si Thammarat, TH	daily rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	125.9 mm (5.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Poza Rica, MX	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Nakhon Phanom, TH	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Parma, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Havre AP ASOS, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Melilla, ES	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Sakon Nakhon, TH	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Caneyville 1W, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	40.1 cm (15.8 in)	22.3 cm (8.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Union City, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Kekaha 944, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1992	Pembina, US	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	38 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1992. 1992 had 507 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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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	357
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	3