Weather Records on 26 December 2002

947 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2002. Highest significance: Montrose, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2002

On 26 December 2002, 947 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 306 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 877 daily.
Montrose set a monthly record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 26 December 2002.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

947 stations

947 station records on 26 December 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Batavia	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hechi	China	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Francis E Walter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reading 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beltzville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keepit Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
"Kageon" Dawes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kholo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.7 cm (17.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Claryville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Union Village Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (the Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grovespring 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

947 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 123, Deepest snow cover 104.

Records on 26 December 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	123
Deepest snow cover	104

Records on 26 December 2002 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 60, daily 877.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2002

Top 20 records on 26 December 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2002	Montrose, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	99 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Batavia, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Little Falls City Rsch, US	all-time snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Steelville 2 N, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Alcove Dam, US	all-time snowfall	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	1 year	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Woodstock, US	monthly snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Pleasant Mt 1 W, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Norwich, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2002	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Kassala, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Susquehanna, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Baise, CN	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Hechi, CN	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Troy L&D, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Whitehall, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2002	Longzhou, CN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2002. 2002 had 947 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 2002-12-26: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	685
50 to 100	67
100 to 150	24
150 to 200	15
200 to 250	11
250 to 300	4