Weather Records on 26 December 2004

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2004. Highest significance: Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2004

On 26 December 2004, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 739 daily.
Bloomington Indiana UNIV set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 26 December 2004.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 26 December 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Prospect	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson Springs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rough Rvr Lake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
King Salmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
English	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Herman	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tecoma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Las Arboledas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manlio Fabio Altamiramo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urbenville Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 220, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 103.

Records on 26 December 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	220
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	103

Records on 26 December 2004 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 31, daily 739.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2004

Top 20 records on 26 December 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2004	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2004	Greensburg, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2004	Prospect, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2004	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	95 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2004	Columbus, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2004	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2004	Upper Sandusky, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2004	Desoto City 8 SW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Brookport Dam 52, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Paducah, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Greenfield, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Liberty 3 SSE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	N Vernon 2 ESE, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Dayton Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Evansville Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Louisville Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2004	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	90 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2004. 2004 had 778 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 2004-12-26: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 December 2004
Margin	Records
0 to 100	568
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1