Weather Records on 25 December 1909

53 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1909. Highest significance: Maitland West, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1909

On 25 December 1909, 53 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 53 daily.
Maitland West set a daily record precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 25 December 1909.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

53 stations

53 station records on 25 December 1909 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1909: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Lighthouse	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Goorianawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

53 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1909 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 25 December 1909 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 December 1909 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1909

Top 20 records on 25 December 1909 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1909	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1909	Milan, IT	daily high max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1909	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1909	Calga, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1909	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1909	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.1 C (77.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Goderich Lighthouse, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Dumble, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1909	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1909

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1909. 1909 had 53 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1806	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1864	1
1870	2
1872	4
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1888	2
1889	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	13
1902	18
1903	6
1904	16
1905	2
1906	34
1907	5
1908	3
1909	53
1910	20
1911	26
1912	93
1913	45
1914	99
1915	69
1916	43
1917	46
1918	56
1919	299
1920	50
1921	91
1922	136
1923	233
1924	500
1925	70
1926	182
1927	94
1928	147
1929	195
1930	376
1931	603
1932	845
1933	507
1934	213
1935	540
1936	693
1937	158
1938	185
1939	295
1940	514
1941	461
1942	631
1943	310
1944	404
1945	838
1946	486
1947	651
1948	584
1949	161
1950	700
1951	432
1952	214
1953	259
1954	205
1955	880
1956	304
1957	633
1958	364
1959	624
1960	289
1961	484
1962	954
1963	669
1964	1,553
1965	547
1966	851
1967	486
1968	811
1969	643
1970	417
1971	974
1972	368
1973	639
1974	776
1975	844
1976	350
1977	778
1978	989
1979	679
1980	2,342
1981	811
1982	2,327
1983	5,697
1984	620
1985	712
1986	625
1987	2,053
1988	759
1989	1,118
1990	1,075
1991	793
1992	535
1993	680
1994	1,029
1995	1,658
1996	1,562
1997	1,348
1998	768
1999	995
2000	902
2001	515
2002	960
2003	561
2004	881
2005	913
2006	799
2007	498
2008	768
2009	2,123
2010	1,473
2011	688
2012	657
2013	779
2014	684
2015	2,149
2016	986
2017	485
2018	193
2019	599
2020	623
2021	1,190
2022	1,128
2023	1,641
2024	408
2025	2,222

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	38
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1