Weather Records on 26 December 2010

1,746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2010. Highest significance: Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 26 December 2010

On 26 December 2010, 1,746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 350 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 34 were all-time records, 150 monthly and 1,562 daily.
Bustard Head Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 102.0 mm (4.0 in) on 26 December 2010.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 529 records.

Record Map

1,746 stations

1,746 station records on 26 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bochum	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Morganton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Edenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brouwershaven	Netherlands	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heibloem (L)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Celo 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.2 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hofheim	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tonisvorst	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alfhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dinther	Netherlands	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,746 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 201, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 230, Deepest snow cover 576.

Records on 26 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	201
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	230
Deepest snow cover	576

Records on 26 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 34, monthly 150, daily 1,562.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,493 broken records

Margins by which the 1,493 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2010

Top 20 records on 26 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2010	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Elizabethtown, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	99 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Bochum, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	110 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Morganton, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	115 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	116 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Solingen-Hohenscheid, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Edenton, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Aachen, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Kleve, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	115 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Raleigh AP, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Gaffney 6 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2010	Rockhampton Aero, AU	daily rain	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2010	Erfde, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2010	Cape May 2 NW, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	106 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2010	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2010	Kerkwerve, NL	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2010	Someren, NL	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2010	Valkenburg (L), NL	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 years	58 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2010. 2010 had 1,746 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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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	1,115
50 to 100	247
100 to 150	93
150 to 200	28
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1