Weather Records on 25 December 1959

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1959. Highest significance: Pennyroyal Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1959

On 25 December 1959, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 601 daily.
Pennyroyal Creek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 25 December 1959.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

624 stations

624 station records on 25 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brigham City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moondah the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yambuk (Avalon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eastern View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 382, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 25 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 25 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 601.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 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 1959

Top 20 records on 25 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1959	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1959	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1959	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Fort Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Rainbow (Pigick), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Melton, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Skipton Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Penola (Comaum Park), AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Brigham City, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Spencer, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Mount Burr Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Moondah the Pines, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Shelford, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Yambuk (Avalon), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1959	Watchem, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	45 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 624 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	522
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1