Weather Records on 26 December 1998

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1998. Highest significance: Crookston NW Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1998

On 26 December 1998, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 539 daily.
Crookston NW Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 26 December 1998.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

554 stations

554 station records on 26 December 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dixie	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belvaux	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Braemar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Sabino	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atil	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Legune	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Apazulco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vostochnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Erbogacen	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chelan	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pellston Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 26 December 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 26 December 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1998

Top 20 records on 26 December 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1998	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	78 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1998	Cheboygan, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Homer 3NE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Cadillac, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Whitefish, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Nantes-Bouguenais, FR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily low min	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Libby 1 NE Rs, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Dixie, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Belvaux, LU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Braemar, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Tilden 4 SSE, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1998	Brooklet 1 W, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 December 1998	Longview, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1998. 1998 had 554 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 1998-12-26: 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 25	419
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1