Weather Records on 26 December 1982

1,769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1982. Highest significance: Farmington 3NW, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1982

On 26 December 1982, 1,769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
999 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 1,691 daily.
Farmington 3NW set a daily record precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 26 December 1982.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 529 records.

Record Map

1,769 stations

1,769 station records on 26 December 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kassler	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Grande (Augusto Severo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longville	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vance 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mermentau	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,769 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 617, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 382, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 481, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 26 December 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	617
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	382
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	481
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 26 December 1982 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 67, daily 1,691.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,523 broken records

Margins by which the 1,523 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1982

Top 20 records on 26 December 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1982	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Stoneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Winnfield 3 N, US	monthly rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 December 1982	Kassler, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Belzoni, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Nitta Yuma, US	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Selmer, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Crossett 2 SSE, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Belah Fire Twr, US	all-time rain	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Baldwyn, US	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Ripley, US	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1982	Mansfield 4 NW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	55 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1982. 1982 had 1,769 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	1,431
50 to 100	64
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1