Weather Records on 25 December 1958

364 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1958. Highest significance: Hillgrove (Hillview), AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1958

On 25 December 1958, 364 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 353 daily.
Hillgrove (Hillview) set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 25 December 1958.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

364 stations

364 station records on 25 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garanhuns	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcoverde (Rio Branco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-43.5 C (-46.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.8 C (-61.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.5 C (-48.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Windy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-41.0 C (-41.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.6 C (-39.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.9 C (-36.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.3 C (-47.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.5 C (-39.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

364 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 25 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 25 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 6, daily 353.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1958

Top 20 records on 25 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1958	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1958	Palmeiro Dos Indios, BR	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Oswego, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Uralla (Mihi), AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Garanhuns, BR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Weabonga (Stoneleigh), AU	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Arcoverde (Rio Branco), BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Paratinga, BR	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Tobolsk, RU	all-time low max	-43.5 C (-46.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1958	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Breeza (Main Street), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Tobolsk, RU	all-time low min	-51.8 C (-61.2 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Tatarsk, RU	monthly low min	-44.5 C (-48.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Pine Ridge (Windy), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Estancia, BR	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Cherdyn', RU	all-time low max	-41.0 C (-41.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Biser, RU	daily low min	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1958	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	55 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 364 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 50	294
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1