Weather Records on 25 December 1956

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1956. Highest significance: Senekal (Agr), ZA.

Key Facts for 25 December 1956

On 25 December 1956, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 294 daily.
Senekal (Agr) set a daily record precipitation of 87.0 mm (3.4 in) on 25 December 1956.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 25 December 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leuctra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verkeerdevlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hertzogville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 25 December 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 25 December 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1956

Top 20 records on 25 December 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1956	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Armagh, GB	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Pahala 21, US	all-time low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Kirklington, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Berlin 91, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Blikana, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Glen Morgan, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Haparanda, SE	monthly low max	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1956	Ocean Falls, CA	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1956	Overdene, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1956	Sonnblick, AT	daily low max	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1956	Virden, CA	daily high min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1956	Langet, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1956	Riva, IT	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	77 years	32 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 304 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	229
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1