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Hurricanes on December 26 in history (1842 to 2026)

180 storms on record were active on December 26 between 1857 and 2025. On this date 26 formed, 19 reached their peak recorded wind, 20 came ashore and 20 ended. The strongest storm active on December 26 was Cyclone Zoe (2002–03), with a peak 1-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (178 mph), recorded by JTWC.

Dates are calendar dates in UTC. Typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm as hurricanes, named by region. Archive of September 29, 2026.

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Typhoon Faxai (2001)

Last recorded position: December 26, 2001, 12:00 UTC. Peak: 105 kt · 10-minute (JMA). Western Pacific, Dec 13 to 26, 2001.

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Came ashore on December 26

20 storms, most recent first. Recorded landfalls come from the National Hurricane Center's best track; elsewhere a coast crossing is estimated from the track and labelled.

Year	Storm	Ocean	Where and when	Wind at landfall	Record
2020	Cyclone Chalane	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 17.6°S, 49.9°E December 26, 2020, 18:00 UTC	35 kt (40 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	Estimated from the track
2017	Cyclone Hilda	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 16.4°S, 122.9°E December 26, 2017, 18:00 UTC	30 kt (35 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
2016	Typhoon Nock-Ten	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.5°N, 121.4°E December 26, 2016, 00:00 UTC	85 kt (98 mph), 10-minute, JMA	Estimated from the track
2012	Cyclone Evan	South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 38.1°S, 174.7°E December 26, 2012, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2012	Tropical storm Wukong	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 10.9°N, 120.0°E December 26, 2012, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
2000	Unnamed cyclone · 2000	North Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 8.5°N, 81.5°E December 26, 2000, 09:00 UTC	77 kt (89 mph), 3-minute, IMD	Estimated from the track
1996	Cyclone Phil	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.4°S, 136.4°E December 26, 1996, 03:00 UTC	35 kt (40 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1993	Tropical storm Nell	Western Pacific	Landfall over the Philippines December 26, 1993	Not recorded	Editor-reviewed, sourced
1990	Cyclone Joy	South Pacific → Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 19.3°S, 147.2°E December 26, 1990, 12:00 UTC	40 kt (46 mph), 10-minute, BoM	Estimated from the track
1981	Typhoon Lee	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.1°N, 121.8°E December 26, 1981, 00:00 UTC	70 kt (81 mph), 10-minute, JMA	Estimated from the track
1978	Cyclone Angele	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 21.3°S, 43.3°E December 26, 1978, 06:00 UTC	72 kt (83 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	Estimated from the track
1965	Storm Claude	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.3°S, 50.6°E December 26, 1965, 18:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1961	Storm Beryl	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 21.1°S, 55.9°E December 26, 1961, 09:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1959	Unnamed storm · 1959	Australian region → South Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.9°S, 141.3°E December 26, 1959, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1957	Unnamed storm · 1957	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.8°S, 50.4°E December 26, 1957, 12:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1950	Unnamed storm · 1950	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 13.2°S, 40.7°E December 26, 1950, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1948	Unnamed storm · 1948	Southwest Indian	Coast crossing (estimated) near 15.8°S, 45.9°E December 26, 1948, 06:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1918	Unnamed storm · 1918	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.4°N, 121.6°E December 26, 1918, 15:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1918	Unnamed storm · 1918	Western Pacific	Coast crossing (estimated) near 12.8°N, 124.4°E December 26, 1918, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track
1916	Unnamed storm · 1916	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 20.6°S, 149.0°E December 26, 1916, 21:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track

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Year	Storm	Ocean	Where and when	Wind at landfall	Record
1897	Unnamed storm · 1897	Australian region	Coast crossing (estimated) near 21.5°S, 114.8°E December 26, 1897, 03:00 UTC	Not recorded	Estimated from the track

Formed on December 26

26 storms had their first recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
1993–94	Cyclone Rewa	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	3.9°S, 170.9°E	110 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2012–13	Cyclone Freda	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	7.5°S, 164.9°E	100 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1986–87	Cyclone Sally	South Pacific	13.0°S, 165.5°W	80 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1950	Typhoon Fran	Western Pacific	9.9°N, 141.1°E	80 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2001	Tropical storm Vamei	Western Pacific → North Indian	1.4°N, 106.2°E	45 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2017–18	Cyclone Hilda	Australian region	14.6°S, 123.8°E	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2007–08	Cyclone Melanie	Australian region	9.5°S, 115.7°E	60 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2012–13	Cyclone Mitchell	Australian region	13.4°S, 116.2°E	45 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1983–84	Cyclone Atu	South Pacific	12.9°S, 174.1°E	45 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1968–69	Tropical depression Cheri	Australian region → Southwest Indian	11.0°S, 113.0°E	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1970–71	Storm Loris	Australian region	10.2°S, 110.3°E	Not recorded
1977–78	Tropical depression Dulcinee	Southwest Indian	10.0°S, 68.7°E	28 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1984–85	Unnamed cyclone · 1984	South Pacific	8.5°S, 177.6°E	45 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1975	Unnamed tropical depression · 1975	Western Pacific	9.8°N, 127.4°E	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1984–85	Unnamed cyclone · 1984	South Pacific	11.3°S, 165.0°E	45 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	First position	Peak
1968–69	Storm Berthe	Australian region → Southwest Indian	11.0°S, 91.0°E	Not recorded
1992–93	Unnamed cyclone · 1992	Southwest Indian	22.7°S, 39.1°E	37 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1956	Unnamed storm · 1956	Western Pacific	9.9°N, 130.6°E	Not recorded
1946–47	Unnamed storm · 1946	Southwest Indian	11.8°S, 53.4°E	Not recorded
1977–78	Unnamed storm · 1977	Southwest Indian	9.5°S, 64.5°E	Not recorded
1959–60	Unnamed storm · 1959	Southwest Indian	13.0°S, 71.9°E	Not recorded
1937	Unnamed storm · 1937	North Indian	11.0°N, 94.0°E	Not recorded
1935–36	Unnamed storm · 1935	Southwest Indian	16.0°S, 53.0°E	Not recorded
1927–28	Unnamed storm · 1927	Southwest Indian	15.4°S, 61.2°E	Not recorded
1906	Unnamed storm · 1906	North Indian	10.8°N, 82.8°E	Not recorded
1897	Unnamed storm · 1897	North Indian	13.0°N, 85.0°E	Not recorded

Reached peak wind on December 26

19 storms recorded their highest wind on this date, as the responsible agency measured it.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Peak wind	Lowest pressure
1993	Tropical storm Nell	Western Pacific	60 kt (69 mph), 10-minute, JMA	975 hPa (JMA)
1963	Typhoon Susan	Western Pacific	135 kt (155 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	935 hPa (JMA)
1989	Typhoon Jack	Western Pacific	95 kt (109 mph), 10-minute, JMA	925 hPa (JMA)
1980–81	Cyclone Felix	Australian region	100 kt (115 mph), 10-minute, BoM	940 hPa (BoM)
2014–15	Cyclone Kate	Australian region → Southwest Indian	90 kt (104 mph), 10-minute, BoM	950 hPa (Météo-France)
2004–05	Cyclone Chambo	Australian region → Southwest Indian	85 kt (98 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	950 hPa (Météo-France)
1966	Typhoon Pamela	Western Pacific	90 kt (104 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	965 hPa (JMA)
1998–99	Cyclone Cora	South Pacific	80 kt (92 mph), 10-minute, FMS	960 hPa (FMS)
2000	Unnamed cyclone · 2000	North Indian	90 kt (104 mph), 3-minute, IMD	970 hPa (IMD)
1999–00	Cyclone Astride	Southwest Indian	50 kt (58 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	985 hPa (Météo-France)
1996	Tropical storm Fern	Western Pacific	60 kt (69 mph), 10-minute, JMA	975 hPa (JMA)
1982–83	Cyclone Dadafy	Southwest Indian	52 kt (60 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	976 hPa (Météo-France)
1987–88	Cyclone Benandro	Southwest Indian	36 kt (41 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	991 hPa (Météo-France)
1975	Unnamed tropical depression · 1975	Western Pacific	30 kt (35 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	996 hPa (JMA)
1984–85	Unnamed cyclone · 1984	South Pacific	45 kt (52 mph), 10-minute, MetService NZ	987 hPa (MetService NZ)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Peak wind	Lowest pressure
1965–66	Tropical depression Carol-Daisy	Australian region	25 kt (29 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	997 hPa (BoM)
1992–93	Unnamed cyclone · 1992	Southwest Indian	37 kt (43 mph), 10-minute, Météo-France	998 hPa (Météo-France)
2002–03	Unnamed tropical depression · 2002	Southwest Indian → Australian region	30 kt (35 mph), 1-minute, JTWC	1000 hPa (JTWC)
2024–25	Unnamed cyclone · 2024	Australian region	35 kt (40 mph), 10-minute, BoM	999 hPa (BoM)

Ended on December 26

20 storms had their last recorded position on this date.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
1974–75	Cyclone Tracy	Australian region	14.0°S, 134.1°E	Dec 20 to 26, 1974
2001	Typhoon Faxai	Western Pacific	32.1°N, 168.5°E	Dec 13 to 26, 2001
2017	Typhoon Tembin	Western Pacific	8.5°N, 103.6°E	Dec 20 to 26, 2017
2010–11	Cyclone Tasha	Australian region	21.5°S, 142.5°E	Dec 23 to 26, 2010
2024	Tropical storm Pabuk	Western Pacific	8.6°N, 107.7°E	Dec 21 to 26, 2024
1978–79	Unnamed cyclone · 1978	Southwest Indian	13.5°S, 72.5°E	Dec 20 to 26, 1978
2001–02	Storm Vicky	South Pacific	17.1°S, 157.5°W	Dec 22 to 26, 2001
1956–57	Unnamed storm · 1956	Australian region → South Pacific	29.3°S, 165.8°E	Dec 16 to 26, 1956
1944–45	Unnamed storm · 1944	Southwest Indian	25.4°S, 56.4°E	Dec 21 to 26, 1944
1899–00	Unnamed storm · 1899	Southwest Indian	31.5°S, 59.9°E	Dec 11 to 26, 1899

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Last position	Dates
1969	Unnamed storm · 1969	North Indian	5.5°N, 81.0°E	Dec 20 to 26, 1969
1962–63	Unnamed storm · 1962	South Pacific	37.8°S, 155.6°W	Dec 21 to 26, 1962
1957	Unnamed storm · 1957	North Indian	8.3°N, 81.9°E	Dec 24 to 26, 1957
1939	Unnamed storm · 1939	Western Pacific	22.7°N, 148.4°E	Dec 22 to 26, 1939
1931–32	Unnamed storm · 1931	Australian region	14.6°S, 106.1°E	Dec 20 to 26, 1931
1928–29	Unnamed storm · 1928	Australian region	14.5°S, 104.3°E	Dec 21 to 26, 1928
1921–22	Unnamed storm · 1921	Southwest Indian	23.6°S, 67.1°E	Dec 21 to 26, 1921
1920–21	Unnamed storm · 1920	Southwest Indian	22.0°S, 65.5°E	Dec 20 to 26, 1920
1889	Unnamed storm · 1889	North Indian	14.9°N, 81.3°E	Dec 23 to 26, 1889
1879–80	Unnamed storm · 1879	Southwest Indian	24.8°S, 49.8°E	Dec 20 to 26, 1879

Other recorded events on December 26

Editor-reviewed, sourced events.

Year	Storm	Event	When
1996	Tropical storm Greg	Strikes Sabah, Malaysia	December 26, 1996

Also active on December 26

99 more storms were active on this date, the most notable first. Storms listed above are not repeated.

Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
2003–04	Cyclone Heta	South Pacific	Dec 25, 2003 to Jan 12, 2004	115 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
2019	Typhoon Phanfone	Western Pacific	Dec 19 to 29, 2019	80 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1971–72	Cyclone Althea	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 19 to 30, 1971	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2002–03	Cyclone Zoe	South Pacific	Dec 23, 2002 to Jan 4, 2003	130 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
2006–07	Cyclone Bondo	Southwest Indian	Dec 15 to 28, 2006	110 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1997–98	Cyclone Susan	South Pacific	Dec 20, 1997 to Jan 10, 1998	125 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1959	Typhoon Harriet	Western Pacific	Dec 22, 1959 to Jan 3, 1960	130 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2022–23	Cyclone Darian	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 12, 2022 to Jan 2, 2023	125 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1989–90	Cyclone Alibera	Southwest Indian	Dec 14, 1989 to Jan 7, 1990	72 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2018–19	Cyclone Cilida	Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 28, 2018	115 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1979–80	Cyclone Claudette	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 9 to 28, 1979	110 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2013–14	Cyclone Amara	Southwest Indian	Dec 14 to 28, 2013	110 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1994	Typhoon Axel	Western Pacific	Dec 10 to 27, 1994	85 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2008–09	Cyclone Billy	Australian region	Dec 16, 2008 to Jan 4, 2009	95 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2013–14	Cyclone Christine	Australian region	Dec 25, 2013 to Jan 1, 2014	90 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1977	Typhoon Mary	Western Pacific	Dec 18, 1977 to Jan 8, 1978	85 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2025–26	Cyclone Grant	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 18, 2025 to Jan 6, 2026	119 kt · 1-minute (Real-time)
1981–82	Cyclone Gyan	South Pacific	Dec 18 to 29, 1981	100 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1996–97	Cyclone Fergus	South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 19, 1996 to Jan 1, 1997	80 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1986	Typhoon Norris	Western Pacific	Dec 19, 1986 to Jan 3, 1987	85 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1984–85	Cyclone Frank	Australian region	Dec 19 to 28, 1984	85 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1983–84	Cyclone Bakoly	Southwest Indian	Dec 19 to 31, 1983	92 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2011	Cyclone Thane	North Indian	Dec 25 to 30, 2011	75 kt · 3-minute (IMD)
1992–93	Cyclone Nina	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 21, 1992 to Jan 5, 1993	85 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1992–93	Tropical depression Kina	South Pacific	Dec 23, 1992 to Jan 6, 1993	30 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)

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Season	Storm	Ocean	Dates	Peak
1991–92	Cyclone Alexandra	Southwest Indian	Dec 17 to 29, 1991	56 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2002–03	Cyclone Crystal	Southwest Indian	Dec 21, 2002 to Jan 3, 2003	80 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1947	Typhoon Jean	Western Pacific	Dec 22 to 29, 1947	95 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1986–87	Cyclone Raja	South Pacific	Dec 21, 1986 to Jan 5, 1987	80 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1973–74	Cyclone Dalida	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 20, 1973 to Jan 6, 1974	80 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1997–98	Cyclone Selwyn	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1997 to Jan 3, 1998	75 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2011–12	Cyclone Grant	Australian region	Dec 23 to 29, 2011	60 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2019–20	Cyclone Calvinia	Southwest Indian	Dec 17, 2019 to Jan 3, 2020	65 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2019–20	Cyclone Sarai	South Pacific	Dec 24, 2019 to Jan 2, 2020	60 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1996–97	Cyclone Fabriola	Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1996 to Jan 11, 1997	55 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2021–22	Cyclone Seth	Australian region	Dec 23, 2021 to Jan 7, 2022	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1988–89	Cyclone Eseta	South Pacific	Dec 17 to 28, 1988	55 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1978–79	Cyclone Fay	South Pacific	Dec 24 to 31, 1978	55 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1977–78	Cyclone Anne	South Pacific	Dec 23 to 31, 1977	55 kt · 10-minute (MetService NZ)
1979–80	Cyclone Danitza	Australian region → Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 23, 1979 to Jan 2, 1980	70 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1984–85	Cyclone Monica	Australian region → South Pacific → Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 25, 1984 to Jan 3, 1985	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1997–98	Cyclone Sid	Australian region	Dec 24 to 29, 1997	45 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2022–23	Cyclone Ellie	Australian region	Dec 21, 2022 to Jan 8, 2023	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1991–92	Cyclone Bryna	Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1991 to Jan 10, 1992	39 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
2003–04	Cyclone Darius	Southwest Indian	Dec 23, 2003 to Jan 4, 2004	55 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1996–97	Cyclone Ophelia	Australian region	Dec 13 to 27, 1996	55 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1994	Tropical storm Bobbie	Western Pacific	Dec 14 to 29, 1994	50 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1995	Tropical storm Dan	Western Pacific	Dec 23, 1995 to Jan 3, 1996	55 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
2009–10	Cyclone David	Southwest Indian	Dec 12 to 31, 2009	45 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1988	Tropical storm Val	Western Pacific	Dec 21 to 27, 1988	45 kt · 10-minute (JMA)
1985–86	Cyclone Alifredy	Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 27, 1985	36 kt · 10-minute (Météo-France)
1998–99	Cyclone Cathy	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 30, 1998	50 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
2004–05	Cyclone Judy	South Pacific	Dec 21 to 27, 2004	45 kt · 10-minute (FMS)
1981–82	Unnamed cyclone · 1981	Australian region	Dec 19 to 27, 1981	45 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1980–81	Cyclone Edna	Australian region	Dec 20 to 27, 1980	40 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1966–67	Cyclone Clara	Southwest Indian	Dec 19, 1966 to Jan 2, 1967	40 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1962–63	Cyclone Cecile	Southwest Indian	Dec 16 to 29, 1962	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2003	Unnamed tropical storm · 2003	Western Pacific	Dec 23 to 27, 2003	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1966–67	Tropical depression Delilah	Australian region	Dec 25, 1966 to Jan 1, 1967	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2018	Unnamed tropical depression · 2018	Western Pacific	Dec 23 to 30, 2018	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1965–66	Storm Amanda	Australian region	Dec 20, 1965 to Jan 2, 1966	Not recorded
1966–67	Storm Daphne	Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 27, 1966	Not recorded
2005–06	Unnamed cyclone · 2005	Southwest Indian → Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 17 to 29, 2005	35 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
2015–16	Unnamed tropical depression · 2015	Australian region	Dec 21, 2015 to Jan 1, 2016	30 kt · 10-minute (BoM)
1962–63	Unnamed tropical depression · 1962	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 23 to 27, 1962	30 kt · 1-minute (JTWC)
1983–84	Storm Sharon	Southwest Indian	Dec 25 to 31, 1983	Not recorded
1959–60	Unnamed storm · 1959	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 19 to 31, 1959	Not recorded
1970–71	Storm Dominique	Southwest Indian	Dec 11 to 28, 1970	Not recorded
1967–68	Storm Carmen	Southwest Indian	Dec 19 to 28, 1967	Not recorded
1964–65	Storm Edna	Australian region → Southwest Indian	Dec 22 to 28, 1964	Not recorded
1963–64	Storm Betty	Southwest Indian	Dec 23 to 28, 1963	Not recorded
1954	Unnamed storm · 1954	Western Pacific	Dec 23 to 29, 1954	Not recorded
1973	Unnamed storm · 1973	Western Pacific	Dec 24 to 27, 1973	Not recorded
1955–56	Unnamed storm · 1955	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 24 to 30, 1955	Not recorded
1952	Unnamed storm · 1952	Western Pacific	Dec 23, 1952 to Jan 2, 1953	Not recorded
1951–52	Unnamed storm · 1951	South Pacific	Dec 19, 1951 to Jan 3, 1952	Not recorded
1930–31	Unnamed storm · 1930	Australian region	Dec 24 to 29, 1930	Not recorded
1925–26	Unnamed storm · 1925	Southwest Indian	Dec 23 to 30, 1925	Not recorded
1916–17	Unnamed storm · 1916	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 29, 1916	Not recorded
1933–34	Unnamed storm · 1933	Australian region	Dec 24 to 29, 1933	Not recorded
1977–78	Unnamed storm · 1977	Australian region → South Pacific	Dec 22 to 29, 1977	Not recorded
1973	Unnamed storm · 1973	Western Pacific	Dec 21 to 27, 1973	Not recorded
1973	Unnamed storm · 1973	North Indian	Dec 25 to 27, 1973	Not recorded
1948–49	Unnamed storm · 1948	Southwest Indian	Dec 25, 1948 to Jan 11, 1949	Not recorded
1946–47	Unnamed storm · 1946	South Pacific	Dec 24 to 30, 1946	Not recorded
1941	Unnamed storm · 1941	Western Pacific	Dec 22 to 30, 1941	Not recorded
1934–35	Unnamed storm · 1934	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 28, 1934	Not recorded
1934–35	Unnamed storm · 1934	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 30, 1934	Not recorded
1929–30	Unnamed storm · 1929	Southwest Indian	Dec 25 to 28, 1929	Not recorded
1926	Unnamed storm · 1926	North Indian	Dec 24 to 27, 1926	Not recorded
1913	Unnamed storm · 1913	Western Pacific	Dec 21 to 27, 1913	Not recorded
1907–08	Unnamed storm · 1907	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 27, 1907	Not recorded
1898–99	Unnamed storm · 1898	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 28, 1898	Not recorded
1897–98	Unnamed storm · 1897	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 31, 1897	Not recorded
1885–86	Unnamed storm · 1885	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 28, 1885	Not recorded
1885–86	Unnamed storm · 1885	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 31, 1885	Not recorded
1861–62	Unnamed storm · 1861	Southwest Indian	Dec 20 to 31, 1861	Not recorded
1861–62	Unnamed storm · 1861	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 27, 1861	Not recorded
1857–58	Unnamed storm · 1857	Southwest Indian	Dec 21 to 28, 1857	Not recorded

Questions about December 26

What is the strongest storm on record on December 26?

Of the storms active on December 26, Cyclone Zoe (2002–03) had the highest peak wind recorded by a U.S. agency: 155 kt (178 mph), 1-minute sustained (JTWC). That is the storm's peak over its whole life, which may fall on another day. Agencies that average wind over 10 minutes report lower numbers for the same storm.

Has a storm ever made landfall on December 26?

Yes. 20 storms on record came ashore on December 26. The most recent was Cyclone Chalane (2020): coast crossing (estimated) near 17.6°S, 49.9°E. Some coast crossings are estimated from the track, and each one is labelled.

How many storms were active on December 26?

180 storms on record were active on December 26, in 102 different years from 1857 to 2025. The count uses calendar dates in UTC and covers every ocean basin in NOAA's IBTrACS archive and the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2.

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Sources. Storm tracks and events from NOAA's best-track archives, exactly as the Hurricane Calendar app shows them. Dates are calendar dates in UTC. Each wind speed keeps the agency that recorded it and its averaging period; nothing is converted between agencies. A missing value is shown as not recorded, never as zero. Storms that may still have been active when the archive was updated are left out.

International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) v04r01, all basins (CSV), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
HURDAT2 Atlantic hurricane database, 1851-2025 (released 2026-09-12), NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC). Retrieved 2026-09-26.
HURDAT2 Northeast and North Central Pacific hurricane database, 1949-2025 (released 2026-09-14), NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) and Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC). Retrieved 2026-09-26.