Weather Records on 26 December 2014

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2014. Highest significance: Chugwater, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2014

On 26 December 2014, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 559 daily.
Chugwater set a daily record snowfall of 20.1 cm (7.9 in) on 26 December 2014.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 26 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watagan Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sybille Rsch Unit	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson (Tocal AWS)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cawdor (Woodburn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vrouwenpolder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Briggsdale	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Op Zoom	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bardufoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milbrodale (Hillsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westkapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katterjakk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kulnura (Mangrove Creek Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krabbendijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Picabo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Craven (Longview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hemingford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Chichester (Simmonds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 26 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 26 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2014

Top 20 records on 26 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2014	Chugwater, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Watagan Central, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Harrisburg 12WNW, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Inhambane, MZ	all-time high max	38.6 C (101.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Harrison, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Sybille Rsch Unit, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Paterson (Tocal AWS), AU	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Cawdor (Woodburn), AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Vrouwenpolder, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Valhalla, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Olekminsk, RU	daily high min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Buxton (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Ovezande, NL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Skegness, GB	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2014	Lingle 2WSW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2014. 2014 had 569 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 2014-12-26: 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	459
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1