Weather Records on 26 December 2024

541 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 December 2024. Highest significance: Ellensburg, US.

Key Facts for 26 December 2024

On 26 December 2024, 541 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
397 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 532 daily.
Ellensburg set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 26 December 2024.
Across 153 earlier years (1798 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

541 stations

541 station records on 26 December 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 December 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
The Poplars	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalama Falls Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosiori de Vede	Romania	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Crescent Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Summit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moses Lake Grant Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camiri	Bolivia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pjalica	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Floydada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moses Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Julian	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aireys Inlet	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rose Valley California	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.9 C (114.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maimun Saleh	Indonesia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baguio	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

541 records

Records set or tied on 26 December 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 December 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 December 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 244.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 December 2024

Top 20 records on 26 December 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 December 2024	Ellensburg, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2024	Turnu Magurele, RO	monthly rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2024	Bend, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2024	The Poplars, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 December 2024	Mt Adams Rs, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Chimacum 4 S, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Burgess Junction, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Pekoa Airport (Sant, VU	daily rain	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	244.9 mm (9.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Haskins Dam, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Kalama Falls Hatchery, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Wallace, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Lakeview, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Richfield, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Brownsville, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 December 2024	Pitea, SE	daily high max	7.9 C (46.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	92 years	37 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2024. 2024 had 541 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 2024-12-26: 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	443
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1