Weather Records on 21 December 1925

120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 1925. Highest significance: Grundy Ctr, US.

Key Facts for 21 December 1925

On 21 December 1925, 120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 114 daily.
Grundy Ctr set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 21 December 1925.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

120 stations

120 station records on 21 December 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

120 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 21 December 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 21 December 1925 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 114.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 1925

Top 20 records on 21 December 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 1925	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1925	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1925	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1925	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1925	Weston 2 SE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 1925	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Husum, DE	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Waren, DE	monthly snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	0 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	10.4 C (50.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Tunis, TN	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	St Georges, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Gavle, SE	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Kamloops, CA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 December 1925	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	8 years	20 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1925. 1925 had 120 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 100	102
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1