Weather Records on 26 December 1995

1,426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 1995. Highest significance: Chippewa Lake, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 1995

On 26 December 1995, 1,426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 524 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 1,335 daily.
Chippewa Lake set an all-time record snow depth of 58.4 cm (23.0 in) on 26 December 1995.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

1,426 stations

1,426 station records on 26 December 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Suchixtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bessaker	Norway	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Peti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faxinal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Split Rock Pond	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Argovia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tete	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gornyij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kocevje	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Telpatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	180.5 mm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rhum: Kinloch	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Honesdale 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,426 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 378, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 478, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 159.

Records on 26 December 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	378
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	478
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	159

Records on 26 December 1995 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 77, daily 1,335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,211 broken records

Margins by which the 1,211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 1995

Top 20 records on 26 December 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 1995	Chippewa Lake, US	all-time snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Graz, AT	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	San Miguel Suchixtepec, MX	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Acambaro, MX	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Dzitas, MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Attenkam, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Bessaker, NO	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Burgos (Dge), MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Hlobane, ZA	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Gardner, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Tuapse, RU	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	150 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Usina Peti, BR	monthly rain	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Tapachula (Dge), MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 1995	Faxinal, BR	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	45 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1995. 1995 had 1,426 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 1995-12-26: 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 100	1,177
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1