Weather Records on 25 December 1950

700 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1950. Highest significance: Upper Orara (Aurania), AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1950

On 25 December 1950, 700 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 673 daily.
Upper Orara (Aurania) set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 25 December 1950.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

700 stations

700 station records on 25 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sambhal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bijanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belathal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doorndraai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

700 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 245, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 264, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 25 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	245
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 25 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1950

Top 20 records on 25 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1950	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Kalpi, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Bhognipur, IN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Pailani, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Banda, IN	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Dalmau, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Safipur, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Haidargarh, IN	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Steeunmekaar (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Digri, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Purwa, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Brandfort (Mag), ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Elands Post Office, AU	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Kulpahar, IN	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1950	Ghatampur, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1950. 1950 had 700 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 25	515
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1