Weather Records on 25 December 1957

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1957. Highest significance: Noonkanbah, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1957

On 25 December 1957, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 629 daily.
Noonkanbah set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 25 December 1957.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 25 December 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pura Pura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Telkwa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 426, Heaviest daily snowfall 26.

Records on 25 December 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	426
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 December 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1957

Top 20 records on 25 December 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1957	Noonkanbah, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Streatham, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Lismore (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Pura Pura, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Lillooet, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Cressy, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	New Hazelton, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Telkwa, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Macomb, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1957	Tweeling (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	37 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 633 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1957-12-25: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	491
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2