Weather Records on 25 December 1934

213 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1934. Highest significance: Alberni Beaver Creek, CA.

Key Facts for 25 December 1934

On 25 December 1934, 213 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 208 daily.
Alberni Beaver Creek set a monthly record daily snowfall of 49.5 cm (19.5 in) on 25 December 1934.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

213 stations

213 station records on 25 December 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yarrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hunters Hill (the Bungalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.2 C (-40.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

213 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 25 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 25 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 208.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1934

Top 20 records on 25 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1934	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	monthly snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1934	Yarrow Creek, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1934	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1934	Taung, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Helena Wb City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	White River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Hunters Hill (the Bungalow), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Esquimalt, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Amity, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Nanaimo, CA	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Nelson, CA	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Nelson, CA	monthly snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1934	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	23 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 213 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 50	157
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1