Weather Records on 26 December 1993

822 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1993. Highest significance: Vastervik, SE.

Key Facts for 26 December 1993

On 26 December 1993, 822 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 784 daily.
Vastervik set a daily record precipitation of 35.2 mm (1.4 in) on 26 December 1993.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

822 stations

822 station records on 26 December 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akkuduk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manbulloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttle	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

822 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 246, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 26 December 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	246
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 26 December 1993 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 35, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1993

Top 20 records on 26 December 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1993	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1993	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1993	Indore, IN	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1993	Veraval, IN	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1993	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Ascencion (Smn), MX	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Mohall, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Cheboygan, US	monthly low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Nutwood Downs, AU	monthly rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Akkuduk, KZ	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Detour Village, US	monthly low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Shemya USAF Base, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Bergplaats, ZA	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Gaylord, US	monthly low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Presque Isle, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low max	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1993	Dailey 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	42 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1993. 1993 had 822 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 1993-12-26: 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	596
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3