Weather Records on 26 December 2003

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2003. Highest significance: Tooele, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2003

On 26 December 2003, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 690 daily.
Tooele set a daily record snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 26 December 2003.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 26 December 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tooele	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdale	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Lake City Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Price Blm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blowhard Mtn Radar	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmac Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 26 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 26 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 36, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2003

Top 20 records on 26 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2003	Tooele, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2003	Grantsville 2W, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2003	Laketown, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2003	Cottonwood Weir, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2003	Dodson 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2003	McGill, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2003	Fairview Outstation, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	105 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Powers Lake 1N, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Eskdale, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	McGill, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Salt Lake City Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Vernon, US	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Brusett 3 E, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Sarpsborg, NO	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Corinne, US	monthly snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	City Creek Wtp, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Garfield, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2003	Kimberley, ZA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	52 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2003. 2003 had 730 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2003-12-26: 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	555
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1