Weather Records on 26 December 2020

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2020. Highest significance: Balashov, RU.

Key Facts for 26 December 2020

On 26 December 2020, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 395 daily.
Balashov set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 26 December 2020.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 26 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balashov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Borisoglebsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barbourville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Man	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Bimbadeen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skedsmo-Hellerud	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albro Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wabuska 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ims	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-41.8 C (-43.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Johan A Pengel Intl	Suriname	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Vila Bauerfield	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laryak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-42.9 C (-45.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-39.6 C (-39.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye Lake 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whalen Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 26 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 26 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2020

Top 20 records on 26 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2020	Balashov, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2020	Surbiton Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Lakeville, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Pinkham Notch, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Madison, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Lunner, NO	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Quicksand, US	monthly low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Borisoglebsk, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Ft Lauderdale Beach, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Franklin, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	137 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Winvic, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Bingham Wyman Dam, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Buffalo, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Igsi I Hobol, NO	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Wasco, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Barbourville, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	118 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2020	Franklin, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	39 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2020. 2020 had 402 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 2020-12-26: 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	324
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1