Weather Records on 26 December 2011

1,019 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2011. Highest significance: Winthrop 1 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2011

On 26 December 2011, 1,019 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
757 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 995 daily.
Winthrop 1 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 26 December 2011.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

1,019 stations

1,019 station records on 26 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Carlsbad	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poblado C-22	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alvundfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kvale	Norway	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eikemo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miquihuana	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Ardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,019 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 417, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 340, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 26 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	417
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	340
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 26 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 995.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

870 broken records

Margins by which the 870 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2011

Top 20 records on 26 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2011	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2011	Coolamon Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	117 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2011	Carlsbad, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2011	Geilo, NO	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2011	Maristova, NO	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2011	John Martin Dam, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2011	Liberty, US	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	White Signal, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Eltham, AU	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Estancia 4N, US	monthly low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	McComb AP, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Walsh 1 W, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Poblado C-22, MX	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	10.9 C (51.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	168 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Pasamonte, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2011	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	112 years	44 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2011. 2011 had 1,019 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 2011-12-26: 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	845
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1