Weather Records on 25 December 1935

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1935. Highest significance: Ridgetown, CA.

Key Facts for 25 December 1935

On 25 December 1935, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 528 daily.
Ridgetown set a monthly record daily snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 25 December 1935.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 25 December 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 25 December 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 25 December 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1935

Top 20 records on 25 December 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1935	Ridgetown, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1935	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1935	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1935	Alberton Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1935	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1935	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1935	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Mathoura (Mathoura Station), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Galway, IE	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Chatham 2, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Clydebank, AU	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Chengam, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1935	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	27 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 540 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	432
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1