Weather Records on 25 December 1918

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1918. Highest significance: Halifax, CA.

Key Facts for 25 December 1918

On 25 December 1918, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 56 daily.
Halifax set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 25 December 1918.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 25 December 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madowla Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Yallook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1918 by type: Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 December 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 December 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1918

Top 20 records on 25 December 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1918	Halifax, CA	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1918	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1918	Bright Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Tashkent, UZ	daily low min	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Warooka, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Mitiamo 1, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Bungowannah Park, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Bic, CA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1918	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	39 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1918. 1918 had 56 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 10	41
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2