Weather Records on 25 December 1929

195 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1929. Highest significance: Jandowae Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1929

On 25 December 1929, 195 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 190 daily.
Jandowae Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 25 December 1929.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

195 stations

195 station records on 25 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haddon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Mowalba Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.6 C (-44.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

195 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 25 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 25 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

150 broken records

Margins by which the 150 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1929

Top 20 records on 25 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1929	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1929	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Blackwood, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Barkerville, CA	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Barkerville, CA	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Mc Minnville, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Cohuna (Goulburn Murray), AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Parnu, EE	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1929	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	45 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 195 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	133
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2