Weather Records on 25 December 1952

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1952. Highest significance: Exeter, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1952

On 25 December 1952, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 211 daily.
Exeter set a daily record precipitation of 57.7 mm (2.3 in) on 25 December 1952.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 25 December 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	218.0 cm (85.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	435.0 cm (171.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-52.2 C (-62.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tonk	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crooked Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkawatt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.0 C (-45.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 25 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 25 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 211.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

167 broken records

Margins by which the 167 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 730.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1952

Top 20 records on 25 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1952	Exeter, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1952	Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	218.0 cm (85.8 in)	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1952	Verkykerskop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Hamilton Downs, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Tarago (Kildare), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Farmington, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Turners Falls, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Zugspitze, DE	daily snow depth	435.0 cm (171.3 in)	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Orogrande, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Jakutsk, RU	daily low max	-52.2 C (-62.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1952	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	8 years	21 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 214 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 100	165
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1