Weather Records on 26 December 2016

1,592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2016. Highest significance: Napoleon, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2016

On 26 December 2016, 1,592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
824 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 95 monthly and 1,492 daily.
Napoleon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 26 December 2016.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,592 stations

1,592 station records on 26 December 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Garrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tarcoola (Mobella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Medora	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tonopah	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terrah Winds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Maltee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Tori Shima Ma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,592 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 498, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 326, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 545, Heaviest daily snowfall 83, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 26 December 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	498
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	326
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	545
Heaviest daily snowfall	83
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 26 December 2016 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 95, daily 1,492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,332 broken records

Margins by which the 1,332 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2016

Top 20 records on 26 December 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2016	Napoleon, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	115 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 December 2016	Watford City, US	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 December 2016	Turtle Lake, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 December 2016	Turtle Lake, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 December 2016	Upham 3 N, US	monthly snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Watford City, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Roscoe, US	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Minot Exp STN, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	97 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Le Mars, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Garrison, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Montpelier, US	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Towner 2 NE, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Flandreau, US	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Yudnapinna, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Eureka, US	monthly rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	107 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	122 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Tarcoola (Mobella), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Winnebago, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2016	Medora, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)

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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2016. 2016 had 1,592 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	1,204
2022	1,112
2023	1,127
2024	541
2025	1,660

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Data for records on 2016-12-26: 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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,261
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3