Weather Records on 26 December 1996

2,024 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1996. Highest significance: Frankfort 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1996

On 26 December 1996, 2,024 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 1,133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 82 monthly and 1,921 daily.
Frankfort 2NE set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 26 December 1996.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 528 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 26 December 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Faith	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aurland	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rooirivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mather	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Western Ag Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adolphskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lame Deer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castleford 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,024 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 623, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 510, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 155, Deepest snow cover 225.

Records on 26 December 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	623
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	510
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	155
Deepest snow cover	225

Records on 26 December 1996 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 82, daily 1,921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,725 broken records

Margins by which the 1,725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 585.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1996

Top 20 records on 26 December 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1996	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	94 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	98 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	102 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Charlevoix, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	103 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Arlington, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Fishtail, US	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Webster City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	58.5 cm (23.0 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Faith, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Idaho City, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1996	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1996	Joseph, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1996	Lovell, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1996	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1996	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1996	Aurland, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1996	Rooirivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1996	Mather, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	53 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1996. 1996 had 2,024 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 1996-12-26: 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 100	1,635
100 to 200	61
200 to 300	18
300 to 400	9
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1