Weather Records on 25 December 1938

185 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1938. Highest significance: Rapid City Forrest, CA.

Key Facts for 25 December 1938

On 25 December 1938, 185 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 176 daily.
Rapid City Forrest set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 25 December 1938.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

185 stations

185 station records on 25 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.3 C (113.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

185 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 25 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 25 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 176.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

151 broken records

Margins by which the 151 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 1938

Top 20 records on 25 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1938	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1938	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1938	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Houma, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Runge, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Sabinal, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1938	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1938	Wonderfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1938	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1938	Hondo, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1938	Husum, DE	daily low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1938	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1938	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1938	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	46 years	29 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 185 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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Data for records on 1938-12-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	137
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1