Weather Records on 26 December 1997

1,101 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1997. Highest significance: Meade, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1997

On 26 December 1997, 1,101 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
590 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,058 daily.
Meade set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 26 December 1997.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

1,101 stations

1,101 station records on 26 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Jon	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Canadian	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rotan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Cachoeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Ajudas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blasillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arizona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crane	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Letalisce Jozeta Pucnika Ljubl	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,101 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 111.

Records on 26 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	111

Records on 26 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 36, daily 1,058.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

872 broken records

Margins by which the 872 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1997

Top 20 records on 26 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1997	Meade, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1997	San Jon, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1997	Canadian, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1997	Rotan, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Dodge City, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Dalhart FAA AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Turi, EE	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Yanrey, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Aspermont, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Putnam, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Campo 7 S, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Archer City 2W, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Hillsborough Rvr Sp, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Richfield 10 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Mtn Park, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Henrietta, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Colonia Do Cachoeira, BR	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Atlanta, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1997	Burdett 3S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	24 years	46 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1997. 1997 had 1,101 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 1997-12-26: 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	791
50 to 100	51
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1