Weather Records on 26 December 2018

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2018. Highest significance: Goodwell Rsch STN, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2018

On 26 December 2018, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 435 daily.
Goodwell Rsch STN set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 26 December 2018.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 26 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Qamdo	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dulan	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Samsun	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sophia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Konya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenoom	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.8 C (116.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 26 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 26 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2018

Top 20 records on 26 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2018	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2018	Hugoton, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2018	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2018	Saratow, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2018	Hooker, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2018	Dodge City, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2018	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2018	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	111 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Qamdo, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Kumejima, JP	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Elk City 4 W, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Milesovka, CZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Bruning, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Stratford, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Dulan, CN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Washburn, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Hastings 4N, US	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2018	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	51 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2018. 2018 had 449 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 2018-12-26: 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 20	350
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3